diff --git a/opencga-storage/opencga-storage-hadoop/opencga-storage-hadoop-core/src/test/java/org/opencb/opencga/storage/hadoop/variant/adaptors/HadoopVariantDBAdaptorTest.java b/opencga-storage/opencga-storage-hadoop/opencga-storage-hadoop-core/src/test/java/org/opencb/opencga/storage/hadoop/variant/adaptors/HadoopVariantDBAdaptorTest.java
index ca0d268d4f..b2339a3cd7 100644
--- a/opencga-storage/opencga-storage-hadoop/opencga-storage-hadoop-core/src/test/java/org/opencb/opencga/storage/hadoop/variant/adaptors/HadoopVariantDBAdaptorTest.java
+++ b/opencga-storage/opencga-storage-hadoop/opencga-storage-hadoop-core/src/test/java/org/opencb/opencga/storage/hadoop/variant/adaptors/HadoopVariantDBAdaptorTest.java
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ public void before() throws Exception {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
         }
+        variantStorageEngine.getOptions().append(VariantStorageOptions.ASSEMBLY.key(), "GRCH38");
         cellBaseUtils = variantStorageEngine.getCellBaseUtils();
         expectedConnections = GlobalClientMetrics.GLOBAL_OPEN_PHOENIX_CONNECTIONS.getMetric().getTotalSum();
     }