diff --git a/src/routes/test/backups-test.js b/src/routes/test/backups-test.js
index 4856aef3b..6a26ad1b8 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/backups-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/backups-test.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function setup(done) {
         },
 
         function createSettings(callback) {
-            settings.setBackupConfig({ provider: 'filesystem', backupFolder: '/tmp', format: 'tgz', retentionPolicy: {} }, callback);
+            settings.setBackupConfig({ provider: 'filesystem', backupFolder: '/tmp', format: 'tgz', retentionPolicy: { keepWithinSecs: 2 * 24 * 60 * 60 } }, callback);
         }
     ], done);
 }