diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/engine/InternalEngineTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/engine/InternalEngineTests.java
index 54a562642d4ab..08a24a74fdc89 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/engine/InternalEngineTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/engine/InternalEngineTests.java
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ public void testForceMergeWithSoftDeletesRetentionAndRecoverySource() throws Exc
         try (
             Store store = createStore();
             InternalEngine engine = createEngine(
-                config(indexSettings, store, createTempDir(), newMergePolicy(), null, null, globalCheckpoint::get)
+                config(indexSettings, store, createTempDir(), newMergePolicy(random(), false), null, null, globalCheckpoint::get)
             )
         ) {
             int numDocs = scaledRandomIntBetween(10, 100);