diff --git a/packages/tests/src/lib/runNodes.ts b/packages/tests/src/lib/runNodes.ts
index 687ae1af25..f80962019a 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/lib/runNodes.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/lib/runNodes.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export async function runNodes<T>(
   } else if (isStaticSharding(networkConfig) && options.relayShards) {
     const shards = options.relayShards;
     nwakuArgs.shard = shards;
+    nwakuArgs.numShardsInNetwork = 0;
 
     shards.map((shardId) =>
       routingInfos.push(createRoutingInfo(networkConfig, { shardId }))
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/metadata.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/metadata.spec.ts
index 450621b0e6..1be3fe54a6 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/metadata.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/metadata.spec.ts
@@ -151,14 +151,15 @@ describe("Metadata Protocol", function () {
     it("receiving a ping from a peer does not overwrite shard info", async function () {
       const clusterId = 2;
       const shards = [1];
-      const numShardsInCluster = 8;
+      const numShardsInCluster = 0; //static sharding
 
       await nwaku1.start({
         relay: true,
         discv5Discovery: true,
         peerExchange: true,
         clusterId,
-        shard: shards
+        shard: shards,
+        numShardsInNetwork: numShardsInCluster
       });
 
       const nwaku1Ma = await nwaku1.getMultiaddrWithId();
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store/different_static_shards.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store/different_static_shards.spec.ts
index 3c639364bc..7295666588 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store/different_static_shards.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store/different_static_shards.spec.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ describe("Waku Store, different static shards", function () {
       store: true,
       clusterId: StaticTestClusterId,
       shard: [1],
-      relay: true
+      relay: true,
+      numShardsInNetwork: 0 // static sharding
     });
 
     // Set up and start a new nwaku node with Default Pubsubtopic
@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ describe("Waku Store, different static shards", function () {
       store: true,
       clusterId: StaticTestClusterId,
       shard: [2],
-      relay: true
+      relay: true,
+      numShardsInNetwork: 0 // static sharding
     });
 
     const totalMsgs = 10;