diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/models/SearchModelITTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/models/SearchModelITTests.java
index d5c1347e26..1257ba144c 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/models/SearchModelITTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/models/SearchModelITTests.java
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.ml.action.models;
 
+import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.*;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
 import org.opensearch.ml.action.MLCommonsIntegTestCase;
@@ -187,4 +190,9 @@ private void test_matchPhrase_search() {
         assertEquals(1, response.getHits().getTotalHits().value);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected Settings nodeSettings(int ordinal) {
+        return Settings.builder().put(super.nodeSettings(ordinal)).put(ML_COMMONS_ALLOW_MODEL_URL.getKey(), true).build();
+    }
+
 }