diff --git a/modules/examples/mlops-stepfunctions/tests/test_app.py b/modules/examples/mlops-stepfunctions/tests/test_app.py
index 7bc1afaa..8c17937e 100644
--- a/modules/examples/mlops-stepfunctions/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/modules/examples/mlops-stepfunctions/tests/test_app.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ def stack_defaults() -> None:
     os.environ["SEEDFARMER_PARAMETER_BUCKET_POLICY_ARN"] = "12345"
     os.environ["SEEDFARMER_PERMISSION_BOUNDARY_ARN"] = "sagemaker-project"
 
+    os.environ["SEEDFARMER_PARAMETER_SCHEDULE"] = "0 6 * * ? *"
+
     # Unload the app import so that subsequent tests don't reuse
     if "app" in sys.modules:
         del sys.modules["app"]