diff --git a/modules/ray_tracing/test/include/userobjects/TestPICRayStudy.h b/modules/ray_tracing/test/include/userobjects/TestPICRayStudy.h
index 871c5fc494cf..d3d86a9a82a6 100644
--- a/modules/ray_tracing/test/include/userobjects/TestPICRayStudy.h
+++ b/modules/ray_tracing/test/include/userobjects/TestPICRayStudy.h
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ class TestPICRayStudy : public RayTracingStudy
   /// The function that represents the velocity field
   const Function & _velocity_function;
 
-  /// Whether or not we've generated rays yet
-  bool _has_generated;
+  /// Whether or not we've generated rays yet (restartable)
+  bool & _has_generated;
 
-  /// The banked rays to be used on the next timestep
-  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Ray>> _banked_rays;
+  /// The banked rays to be used on the next timestep (restartable)
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Ray>> & _banked_rays;
 };
diff --git a/modules/ray_tracing/test/src/userobjects/TestPICRayStudy.C b/modules/ray_tracing/test/src/userobjects/TestPICRayStudy.C
index b6a51ca13c39..94900ba063da 100644
--- a/modules/ray_tracing/test/src/userobjects/TestPICRayStudy.C
+++ b/modules/ray_tracing/test/src/userobjects/TestPICRayStudy.C
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ TestPICRayStudy::TestPICRayStudy(const InputParameters & parameters)
     _start_points(getParam<std::vector<Point>>("start_points")),
     _start_directions(getParam<std::vector<Point>>("start_directions")),
     _velocity_function(getFunction("velocity_function")),
-    _has_generated(false)
+    _has_generated(declareRestartableData<bool>("has_generated", false)),
+    _banked_rays(
+        declareRestartableDataWithContext<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Ray>>>("_banked_rays", this))
 {
   if (_start_points.size() != _start_directions.size())
     paramError("start_directions", "Must be the same size as 'start_points'");
diff --git a/modules/ray_tracing/test/tests/userobjects/test_pic_ray_study/tests b/modules/ray_tracing/test/tests/userobjects/test_pic_ray_study/tests
index 47bb54acdafe..c10818ef9965 100644
--- a/modules/ray_tracing/test/tests/userobjects/test_pic_ray_study/tests
+++ b/modules/ray_tracing/test/tests/userobjects/test_pic_ray_study/tests
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@
   [pic]
       type = 'Exodiff'
       input = 'pic_ray_study.i'
-      exodiff = 'pic_ray_study_rays.e'
+      exodiff = 'pic_ray_study_rays.e
+                 pic_ray_study_rays.e-s0001
+                 pic_ray_study_rays.e-s0002
+                 pic_ray_study_rays.e-s0003
+                 pic_ray_study_rays.e-s0004
+                 pic_ray_study_rays.e-s0005
+                 pic_ray_study_rays.e-s0006
+                 pic_ray_study_rays.e-s0007
+                 pic_ray_study_rays.e-s0008
+                 pic_ray_study_rays.e-s0009'
       allow_test_objects = tru
       requirement = 'The system shall support the propagation of rays for particle-in-cell capability by tracing rays via a temporally and spatially varying velocity in time'
   []