diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ProcessBesuNodeRunner.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ProcessBesuNodeRunner.java
index 2b80ebea568..d85076ee28b 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ProcessBesuNodeRunner.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ProcessBesuNodeRunner.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.netty.TLSConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.permissioning.PermissioningConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.ImmutableDataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.StaticNodesUtils;
@@ -114,9 +113,9 @@ public void startNode(final BesuNode node) {
 
     params.addAll(
         DataStorageOptions.fromConfig(
-                ImmutableDataStorageConfiguration.builder()
-                    .from(DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG)
-                    .build())
+                node.getDataStorageConfiguration() == null
+                    ? DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_BONSAI_CONFIG
+                    : node.getDataStorageConfiguration())
             .getCLIOptions());
 
     if (node.getMiningParameters().isMiningEnabled()) {
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
index c4b36df2a92..0104e1ded76 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ public void startNode(final BesuNode node) {
 
     final PluginTransactionValidatorFactory pluginTransactionValidatorFactory =
         getPluginTransactionValidatorFactory(besuPluginContext);
+
+    final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration =
+        node.getDataStorageConfiguration() == null
+            ? DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_BONSAI_CONFIG
+            : node.getDataStorageConfiguration();
+
     builder
         .synchronizerConfiguration(new SynchronizerConfiguration.Builder().build())
         .dataDirectory(node.homeDirectory())
@@ -215,7 +221,7 @@ public void startNode(final BesuNode node) {
         .nodeKey(new NodeKey(new KeyPairSecurityModule(KeyPairUtil.loadKeyPair(dataDir))))
         .metricsSystem(metricsSystem)
         .transactionPoolConfiguration(txPoolConfig)
-        .dataStorageConfiguration(DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG)
+        .dataStorageConfiguration(dataStorageConfiguration)
         .ethProtocolConfiguration(EthProtocolConfiguration.defaultConfig())
         .clock(Clock.systemUTC())
         .isRevertReasonEnabled(node.isRevertReasonEnabled())
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder.java
index 1a9a16f36f5..d83743ff447 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder {
   private Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration = Optional.empty();
   private ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration = ImmutableApiConfiguration.builder().build();
   private DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration =
-      DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG;
+      DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_BONSAI_CONFIG;
   private String keyFilePath = null;
   private boolean devMode = true;
   private GenesisConfigurationProvider genesisConfigProvider = ignore -> Optional.empty();
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/AbstractPreexistingNodeTest.java b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/AbstractPreexistingNodeTest.java
index a407b389e44..c7af349ee4f 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/AbstractPreexistingNodeTest.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/AbstractPreexistingNodeTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.AcceptanceTestBase;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.node.configuration.BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder;
 
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ protected BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder configureNode(
     return nodeBuilder
         .devMode(false)
         .dataPath(hostDataPath)
+        .dataStorageConfiguration(
+            DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG) // existing db is forest
         .genesisConfigProvider((nodes) -> Optional.of(genesisData))
         .jsonRpcEnabled();
   }