diff --git a/units/tests/test_test/operations.yml b/units/tests/test_test/operations.yml
index b4e71d8d4..12d8c16d8 100644
--- a/units/tests/test_test/operations.yml
+++ b/units/tests/test_test/operations.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ enable-smb-test-server.yml:
   vars:
   - smb-password=FOO.PASS
   - smb-username=BAR.USER
+fips-stemcell.yml: {}
 scale-to-one-az-addon-parallel-cats.yml:
   ops:
   - ../scale-to-one-az.yml