diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/NegativeAcksTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/NegativeAcksTest.java
index 71590a95d8e74..f8bc30f09667c 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/NegativeAcksTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/NegativeAcksTest.java
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ public void testNegativeAcksWithBatch() throws Exception {
         @Cleanup
         Producer<String> producer = pulsarClient.newProducer(Schema.STRING)
                 .topic(topic)
+                .enableBatching(true)
+                .batchingMaxPublishDelay(1, TimeUnit.HOURS)
+                .batchingMaxMessages(2)
                 .create();
         // send two messages in the same batch
         producer.sendAsync("test-0");