diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/failure_cte_subquery.out b/src/test/regress/expected/failure_cte_subquery.out
index 6ae86cfd9..ac1dc5aa2 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/failure_cte_subquery.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/failure_cte_subquery.out
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ SET SEARCH_PATH=cte_failure;
 SET citus.shard_count to 2;
 SET citus.shard_replication_factor to 1;
 SET citus.next_shard_id TO 16000000;
+-- CTE inlining should not happen because
+-- the tests rely on intermediate results
+SET citus.enable_cte_inlining TO false;
 SELECT pg_backend_pid() as pid \gset
 CREATE TABLE users_table (user_id int, user_name text);
 CREATE TABLE events_table(user_id int, event_id int, event_type int);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/failure_cte_subquery.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/failure_cte_subquery.sql
index 2e6ee026c..c4341ef4b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/failure_cte_subquery.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/failure_cte_subquery.sql
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ SET citus.shard_count to 2;
 SET citus.shard_replication_factor to 1;
 SET citus.next_shard_id TO 16000000;
 
+-- CTE inlining should not happen because
+-- the tests rely on intermediate results
+SET citus.enable_cte_inlining TO false;
+
 SELECT pg_backend_pid() as pid \gset
 
 CREATE TABLE users_table (user_id int, user_name text);