diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts
index 848162ca4b..a0cee19156 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ describe("Waku Message Ephemeral field", function () {
       store: true,
       relay: true,
       contentTopic: contentTopics,
-      clusterId: TestClusterId
+      clusterId: TestClusterId,
+      numShardsInNetwork: TestNetworkConfig.numShardsInCluster
     });
     await nwaku.ensureSubscriptionsAutosharding([
       TestContentTopic,
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe-static-sharding.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe-static-sharding.node.spec.ts
index 17adf742ba..fa97915584 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe-static-sharding.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe-static-sharding.node.spec.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ const runTests = (strictCheckNodes: boolean): void => {
           filter: true,
           lightpush: true,
           relay: true,
-          clusterId: TestClusterId,
-          shard: [shardId]
+          clusterId: staticNetworkConfig.clusterId,
+          shard: [shardId],
+          numShardsInNetwork: 0 // Running static sharding
         });
         await waku.dial(await nwaku2.getMultiaddrWithId());
         await waku.waitForPeers([Protocols.Filter, Protocols.LightPush]);