diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
index cfff00942..02ac8528a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ test: create_drop_database_propagation_pg15
 test: create_drop_database_propagation_pg16
 test: comment_on_database
 test: comment_on_role
+test: metadata_sync_2pc
 # don't parallelize single_shard_table_udfs to make sure colocation ids are sequential
 test: single_shard_table_udfs
 test: schema_based_sharding
diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_schedule
index aa97801b3..1dbc6eba4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_schedule
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ test: multi_insert_select_conflict citus_table_triggers
 test: multi_row_insert insert_select_into_local_table
 test: multi_agg_approximate_distinct
 test: tablespace
-test: metadata_sync_2pc
 
 # following should not run in parallel because it relies on connection counts to workers
 test: insert_select_connection_leak