diff --git a/tests/ttnn/unit_tests/gtests/tensor/test_create_tensor.cpp b/tests/ttnn/unit_tests/gtests/tensor/test_create_tensor.cpp
index a0545180de0..88bb90b22c6 100644
--- a/tests/ttnn/unit_tests/gtests/tensor/test_create_tensor.cpp
+++ b/tests/ttnn/unit_tests/gtests/tensor/test_create_tensor.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "ttnn_test_fixtures.hpp"
 
-void run_create_tensor_test(tt::tt_metal::Device* device, ttnn::Shape input_shape) {
+void run_create_tensor_test(tt::tt_metal::Device* device, ttnn::SimpleShape input_shape) {
     MemoryConfig mem_cfg = MemoryConfig{
         .memory_layout = tt::tt_metal::TensorMemoryLayout::INTERLEAVED,
         .buffer_type = BufferType::DRAM,
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ void run_create_tensor_test(tt::tt_metal::Device* device, ttnn::Shape input_shap
         host_data[i] = 1;
     }
 
-    auto input_buffer = ttnn::allocate_buffer_on_device(input_buf_size_datums * datum_size_bytes, device, input_shape, dtype, Layout::TILE, mem_cfg);
+    ttnn::Shape shape(input_shape.as_vector());
+    auto input_buffer = ttnn::allocate_buffer_on_device(input_buf_size_datums * datum_size_bytes, device, shape, dtype, Layout::TILE, mem_cfg);
 
     auto input_storage = tt::tt_metal::DeviceStorage{input_buffer};
 
-    Tensor input_tensor = Tensor(input_storage, input_shape, dtype, Layout::TILE);
+    Tensor input_tensor = Tensor(input_storage, shape, dtype, Layout::TILE);
     tt::log_debug("input_data: \n {}", input_tensor.write_to_string());
 
     ttnn::write_buffer(io_cq, input_tensor, {host_data});
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ void run_create_tensor_test(tt::tt_metal::Device* device, ttnn::Shape input_shap
 }
 
 struct CreateTensorParams {
-    ttnn::Shape shape;
+    ttnn::SimpleShape shape;
 };
 
 class CreateTensorTest : public ttnn::TTNNFixtureWithDevice, public ::testing::WithParamInterface<CreateTensorParams> {};
@@ -65,6 +66,6 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
     CreateTensorTestWithShape,
     CreateTensorTest,
     ::testing::Values(
-        CreateTensorParams{.shape=ttnn::Shape({1, 1, 32, 32})}
+        CreateTensorParams{.shape=ttnn::SimpleShape({1, 1, 32, 32})}
     )
 );