diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/failure_setup.out b/src/test/regress/expected/failure_setup.out
index 4cbb4b0a4..d799718ca 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/failure_setup.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/failure_setup.out
@@ -17,3 +17,19 @@ SELECT master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_proxy_port);  -- an mitmproxy whic
                2
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT result from  run_command_on_all_nodes('ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO ON');
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ ALTER SYSTEM
+ ALTER SYSTEM
+ ALTER SYSTEM
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT result from  run_command_on_all_nodes('SELECT pg_reload_conf()');
+ result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+ t
+ t
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_cluster_management.out b/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_cluster_management.out
index 63488f743..c978d10e4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_cluster_management.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_cluster_management.out
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ starting permutation: s1a
 step s1a:
     SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', 57637);
     SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', 57638);
+ SELECT result from run_command_on_all_nodes('ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO ON');
+ SELECT result from run_command_on_all_nodes('SELECT pg_reload_conf()');
 
 ?column?
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -15,3 +17,17 @@ step s1a:
        1
 (1 row)
 
+result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ALTER SYSTEM
+ALTER SYSTEM
+ALTER SYSTEM
+(3 rows)
+
+result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+t
+t
+t
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_cluster_management.spec b/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_cluster_management.spec
index 4715a7509..29d954467 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_cluster_management.spec
+++ b/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_cluster_management.spec
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ step "s1a"
 {
     SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', 57637);
     SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', 57638);
+	SELECT result from run_command_on_all_nodes('ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO ON');
+	SELECT result from run_command_on_all_nodes('SELECT pg_reload_conf()');
 }
 
 permutation "s1a"
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/failure_setup.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/failure_setup.sql
index 4c209f14d..9a4c21e53 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/failure_setup.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/failure_setup.sql
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ SELECT citus.mitmproxy('conn.allow()');
 -- add the workers
 SELECT master_add_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
 SELECT master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_proxy_port);  -- an mitmproxy which forwards to the second worker
+
+SELECT result from  run_command_on_all_nodes('ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO ON');
+SELECT result from  run_command_on_all_nodes('SELECT pg_reload_conf()');