diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/null_parameters.out b/src/test/regress/expected/null_parameters.out
index 03efec3a2..b9907c631 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/null_parameters.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/null_parameters.out
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 CREATE SCHEMA null_parameters;
 SET search_path TO null_parameters;
 SET citus.next_shard_id TO 1680000;
+SET citus.shard_count to 32;
 CREATE TABLE text_dist_column (key text, value text);
 SELECT create_distributed_table('text_dist_column', 'key');
  create_distributed_table
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/null_parameters.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/null_parameters.sql
index 8cece3ba1..7256c92ce 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/null_parameters.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/null_parameters.sql
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CREATE SCHEMA null_parameters;
 SET search_path TO null_parameters;
 
 SET citus.next_shard_id TO 1680000;
+SET citus.shard_count to 32;
 CREATE TABLE text_dist_column (key text, value text);
 SELECT create_distributed_table('text_dist_column', 'key');