diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ATestUtils.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ATestUtils.java
index f75e37ecaa..aa5979dbf7 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ATestUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ATestUtils.java
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ public static void maybeEnableS3Guard(Configuration conf) {
       // S3Guard is enabled.
       boolean authoritative = getTestPropertyBool(conf,
           TEST_S3GUARD_AUTHORITATIVE,
-          conf.getBoolean(TEST_S3GUARD_AUTHORITATIVE, true));
+          conf.getBoolean(TEST_S3GUARD_AUTHORITATIVE, false));
       String impl = getTestProperty(conf, TEST_S3GUARD_IMPLEMENTATION,
           conf.get(TEST_S3GUARD_IMPLEMENTATION,
               TEST_S3GUARD_IMPLEMENTATION_LOCAL));