diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/dlsfls/DlsNestedTest.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/dlsfls/DlsNestedTest.java
index 18ce04c9e5..a70d5ee433 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/dlsfls/DlsNestedTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/dlsfls/DlsNestedTest.java
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ protected void populateData(Client tc) {
                 "    }" +
                 "";
 
-        tc.admin().indices().create(new CreateIndexRequest("deals")
-        .settings(Settings.builder().put("number_of_shards", 1).put("number_of_replicas", 0).build())).actionGet();
+        tc.admin().indices().create(new CreateIndexRequest("deals").simpleMapping("amount", "type=integer").simpleMapping("owner", "type=text").simpleMapping("my_nested_object", "type=nested").settings(Settings.builder().put("number_of_shards", 1).put("number_of_replicas", 0).build())).actionGet();
 
         //tc.index(new IndexRequest("deals").id("3").setRefreshPolicy(RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE)
         //        .source("{\"amount\": 7,\"owner\": \"a\", \"my_nested_object\" : {\"name\": \"spock\"}}", XContentType.JSON)).actionGet();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/dlsfls/DlsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/dlsfls/DlsTest.java
index e0a24cb2ce..7c704c2bda 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/dlsfls/DlsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/dlsfls/DlsTest.java
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public void testDlsWithMinDocCountZeroAggregations() throws Exception {
         setup();
 
         try (Client client = getClient()) {
-            client.admin().indices().create(new CreateIndexRequest("logs")).actionGet();
+            client.admin().indices().create(new CreateIndexRequest("logs").simpleMapping("termX", "type=keyword")).actionGet();
 
             for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                 client.index(new IndexRequest("logs").setRefreshPolicy(RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE).source("amount", i, "termX", "A", "timestamp", "2022-01-06T09:05:00Z")).actionGet();