diff --git a/tests/conf/datanode-test.toml.template b/tests/conf/datanode-test.toml.template
index 6280ad48b430..4a692e97423c 100644
--- a/tests/conf/datanode-test.toml.template
+++ b/tests/conf/datanode-test.toml.template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mode = 'distributed'
 rpc_addr = '127.0.0.1:4100'
 rpc_hostname = '127.0.0.1'
 rpc_runtime_size = 8
+coordination = true
 
 [wal]
 file_size = '1GB'