diff --git a/src/test/regress/enterprise_isolation_schedule b/src/test/regress/enterprise_isolation_schedule
index ae22dac84..689a7db75 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/enterprise_isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/enterprise_isolation_schedule
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ test: isolation_setup
 # tests that change node metadata should precede
 # isolation_cluster_management such that tests
 # that come later can be parallelized
-test: enable_ddl_propagation
 test: isolation_cluster_management
 
 test: isolation_move_placement_vs_move_placement
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/enable_ddl_propagation.out b/src/test/regress/expected/enable_ddl_propagation.out
index d8322ba8c..dc5cc36b2 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/enable_ddl_propagation.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/enable_ddl_propagation.out
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ SELECT pg_reload_conf();
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  t
 (1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/failure_test_helpers.out b/src/test/regress/expected/failure_test_helpers.out
index da63a985f..7689e986c 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/failure_test_helpers.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/failure_test_helpers.out
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.distributed_deadlock_detection_factor TO -1;
 ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.recover_2pc_interval TO -1;
 ALTER SYSTEM set citus.enable_statistics_collection TO false;
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
 SELECT pg_reload_conf();
  pg_reload_conf
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/failure_schedule b/src/test/regress/failure_schedule
index f308fd7d2..8b992422e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/failure_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/failure_schedule
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # import this file (from psql you can use \i) to use mitmproxy manually
-test: enable_ddl_propagation
 test: failure_test_helpers
 
 # this should only be run by pg_regress_multi, you don't need it
diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
index aa742096d..6fc2ca36c 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # ---
 # Tests around schema changes, these are run first, so there's no preexisting objects.
 # ---
+test: enable_ddl_propagation
 test: multi_extension
 test: multi_test_helpers multi_test_helpers_superuser multi_create_fdw
 test: single_node
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@ test: alter_database_propagation
 test: citus_shards
 test: reassign_owned
 test: alter_database_from_nonmain_db
-test: enable_ddl_propagation
 
 # ----------
 # multi_citus_tools tests utility functions written for citus tools
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/failure_test_helpers.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/failure_test_helpers.sql
index b7f9eae3a..56938783d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/failure_test_helpers.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/failure_test_helpers.sql
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.distributed_deadlock_detection_factor TO -1;
 ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.recover_2pc_interval TO -1;
 ALTER SYSTEM set citus.enable_statistics_collection TO false;
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
 SELECT pg_reload_conf();
 
 -- Add some helper functions for sending commands to mitmproxy