diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SegmentReplicationSnapshotIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SegmentReplicationSnapshotIT.java
index 3f79166f6a189..6ab36eaa4d64b 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SegmentReplicationSnapshotIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SegmentReplicationSnapshotIT.java
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ public void testSnapshotRestoreOnIndexWithSegRepClusterSetting() throws Exceptio
             Settings.builder()
                 // we want to override cluster replication setting by passing a index replication setting
                 .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_REPLICATION_TYPE, ReplicationType.DOCUMENT)
+                .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, REPLICA_COUNT)
         ).get();
         ensureYellowAndNoInitializingShards(INDEX_NAME);
         final String replicaNode = internalCluster().startNode(settings);