diff --git a/components/server/src/workspace/context-service.spec.db.ts b/components/server/src/workspace/context-service.spec.db.ts
index 282da510023f60..97da2d968dea1e 100644
--- a/components/server/src/workspace/context-service.spec.db.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/workspace/context-service.spec.db.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { ConfigProvider } from "./config-provider";
 import { PrebuildManager } from "../prebuilds/prebuild-manager";
 import { HostContextProvider } from "../auth/host-context-provider";
 import { AuthProvider } from "../auth/auth-provider";
+import { Experiments } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/experiments/configcat-server";
 
 const expect = chai.expect;
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ describe("ContextService", async () => {
     let member: User;
     let stranger: User;
     let org: Organization;
+    let org2: Organization;
     let project: Project;
     let workspace: ProtocolWorkspace;
     let snapshot: Snapshot;
@@ -72,6 +74,9 @@ describe("ContextService", async () => {
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
         container = createTestContainer();
+        Experiments.configureTestingClient({
+            centralizedPermissions: true,
+        });
         container.rebind(ConfigProvider).toConstantValue({
             fetchConfig: () => {
                 return {
@@ -222,6 +227,7 @@ describe("ContextService", async () => {
                     authProviderId: "Public-GitHub",
                 },
             });
+            org2 = await orgService.createOrganization(stranger.id, "stranger-org");
 
             // create a workspace
             const workspaceService = container.get(WorkspaceService);
@@ -236,7 +242,7 @@ describe("ContextService", async () => {
             prebuild = await prebuildManager.triggerPrebuild({}, owner, project.id, "main");
 
             // create a workspace and snapshot for another user
-            const anotherWorkspace = await createTestWorkspace(workspaceService, org, stranger, project);
+            const anotherWorkspace = await createTestWorkspace(workspaceService, org2, stranger, project);
             snapshot_stranger = await snapshotService.createSnapshot(
                 { workspaceId: anotherWorkspace.id },
                 SNAPSHOT_BUCKET,