diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ozoneimpl/TestSecureOzoneContainer.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ozoneimpl/TestSecureOzoneContainer.java
index c086f31925..fca449bd75 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ozoneimpl/TestSecureOzoneContainer.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ozoneimpl/TestSecureOzoneContainer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.security.exception.SCMSecurityException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.security.token.OzoneBlockTokenIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.security.x509.SecurityConfig;
+import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.DefaultMetricsSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.OzoneConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.CertificateClientTestImpl;
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ public static Collection<Object[]> blockTokenOptions() {
 
   @Before
   public void setup() throws Exception {
+    DefaultMetricsSystem.setMiniClusterMode(true);
     conf = new OzoneConfiguration();
     String ozoneMetaPath =
         GenericTestUtils.getTempPath("ozoneMeta");