diff --git a/dev/tests/prepare.sh b/dev/tests/prepare.sh
index 2fb7cf7c9..1fc6e1ff8 100644
--- a/dev/tests/prepare.sh
+++ b/dev/tests/prepare.sh
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ chmod +x ./docker/scripts/app-create-dirs.sh
 ./docker/scripts/app-create-dirs.sh
 echo "Fetching latest coverage results file..."
 curl -fsSL https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/releases/download/baseline/coverage.json -o release-coverage.json
+psql -U django -h db -d ietf -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -c '\x' -c 'ALTER USER django set search_path=ietf_utf8,django,public;'