diff --git a/packages/tests/src/node/interfaces.ts b/packages/tests/src/node/interfaces.ts
index dceb75427f..62fc205a94 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/node/interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/node/interfaces.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface Args {
   peerExchange?: boolean;
   discv5Discovery?: boolean;
   storeMessageDbUrl?: string;
-  topics?: string;
+  topic?: string;
   rpcPrivate?: boolean;
   websocketSupport?: boolean;
   tcpPort?: number;
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/light_push.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/light_push.node.spec.ts
index fa94b2990c..153edc6642 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/light_push.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/light_push.node.spec.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async function runNodes(
   context: Mocha.Context,
   pubSubTopic?: string
 ): Promise<[NimGoNode, LightNode]> {
-  const nwakuOptional = pubSubTopic ? { topics: pubSubTopic } : {};
+  const nwakuOptional = pubSubTopic ? { topic: pubSubTopic } : {};
   const nwaku = new NimGoNode(makeLogFileName(context));
   await nwaku.start({
     lightpush: true,
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store.node.spec.ts
index e4410f5d6f..59cb0c84da 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store.node.spec.ts
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, custom pubsub topic", () => {
     nwaku = new NimGoNode(makeLogFileName(this));
     await nwaku.start({
       store: true,
-      topics: customPubSubTopic,
+      topic: customPubSubTopic,
       relay: true,
     });
   });