diff --git a/src/CoreTests/retry_mechanism.cs b/src/CoreTests/retry_mechanism.cs
index 0aca0faf88..94057769c2 100644
--- a/src/CoreTests/retry_mechanism.cs
+++ b/src/CoreTests/retry_mechanism.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ public class retry_mechanism : OneOffConfigurationsContext
     [Fact]
     public async Task can_successfully_retry()
     {
+        StoreOptions(opts => opts.DatabaseSchemaName = "retries");
+
         var sometimesFailingOperation1 = new SometimesFailingOperation();
         theSession.QueueOperation(sometimesFailingOperation1);
 
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ public async Task can_successfully_retry()
     [Fact]
     public async Task can_successfully_retry_sync()
     {
+        StoreOptions(opts => opts.DatabaseSchemaName = "retries");
+
         var sometimesFailingOperation1 = new SometimesFailingOperation();
         theSession.QueueOperation(sometimesFailingOperation1);