diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SearchableSnapshotIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SearchableSnapshotIT.java
index 17c32bb407bc3..ec6d7e3a48e45 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SearchableSnapshotIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SearchableSnapshotIT.java
@@ -41,19 +41,16 @@
 
 public final class SearchableSnapshotIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCase {
 
-    @BeforeClass
-    public static void assumeFeatureFlag() {
-        assumeTrue(
-            "Searchable snapshot feature flag is enabled",
-            Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT))
-        );
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected boolean addMockInternalEngine() {
         return false;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected Settings featureFlagSettings() {
+        return Settings.builder().put(FeatureFlags.SEARCHABLE_SNAPSHOT, "true").build();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected Settings.Builder randomRepositorySettings() {
         final Settings.Builder settings = Settings.builder();
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java
index 450cc256313f5..fd1a773b8c30b 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java
@@ -1904,7 +1904,8 @@ protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
             // randomly enable low-level search cancellation to make sure it does not alter results
             .put(SearchService.LOW_LEVEL_CANCELLATION_SETTING.getKey(), randomBoolean())
             .putList(DISCOVERY_SEED_HOSTS_SETTING.getKey()) // empty list disables a port scan for other nodes
-            .putList(DISCOVERY_SEED_PROVIDERS_SETTING.getKey(), "file");
+            .putList(DISCOVERY_SEED_PROVIDERS_SETTING.getKey(), "file")
+            .put(featureFlagSettings());
         if (rarely()) {
             // Sometimes adjust the minimum search thread pool size, causing
             // QueueResizingOpenSearchThreadPoolExecutor to be used instead of a regular