diff --git a/src/test/regress/Makefile b/src/test/regress/Makefile
index b52c436d9..b8f69b072 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/regress/Makefile
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ check-isolation: all  $(isolation_test_files)
 
 check-isolation-base: all  $(isolation_test_files)
 	$(pg_regress_multi_check) --load-extension=citus --isolationtester \
-	-- $(MULTI_REGRESS_OPTS) --inputdir=$(citus_abs_srcdir)/build $(EXTRA_TESTS)
+	-- $(MULTI_REGRESS_OPTS) --inputdir=$(citus_abs_srcdir)/build --schedule=$(citus_abs_srcdir)/base_isolation_schedule $(EXTRA_TESTS)
 
 check-vanilla: all
 	# it is possible that sometimes vanilla tests will fail, which is related to postgres.
diff --git a/src/test/regress/base_isolation_schedule b/src/test/regress/base_isolation_schedule
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e86b998c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/base_isolation_schedule
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# ----------
+# isolation setup steps
+# ----------
+test: isolation_cluster_management