diff --git a/pkg/statistics/handle/globalstats/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/statistics/handle/globalstats/BUILD.bazel
index 81f237df5ae2c..4f0a58c68ff42 100644
--- a/pkg/statistics/handle/globalstats/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/statistics/handle/globalstats/BUILD.bazel
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ go_test(
     ],
     embed = [":globalstats"],
     flaky = True,
+    race = "on",
     shard_count = 23,
     deps = [
         "//pkg/config",