diff --git a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseBase.java b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseBase.java
index 88f0a32d..2931fccd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseBase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseBase.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static void setup() throws IOException  {
             initialPing();
             return;
         }
-        db = new ClickHouseContainer(ClickHouseTestHelpers.CLICKHOUSE_DOCKER_IMAGE);
+        db = new ClickHouseContainer(ClickHouseTestHelpers.CLICKHOUSE_DOCKER_IMAGE).withPassword("test_password").withEnv("CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT", "1");
         db.start();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskSchemalessProxyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskSchemalessProxyTest.java
index 07bb0433..24a46350 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskSchemalessProxyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskSchemalessProxyTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ public class ClickHouseSinkTaskSchemalessProxyTest extends ClickHouseBase {
     public static void setup() throws IOException {
         Network network = Network.newNetwork();
         // Note: we are using a different version of ClickHouse for the proxy - https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58828
-        db = new ClickHouseContainer(ClickHouseTestHelpers.CLICKHOUSE_FOR_PROXY_DOCKER_IMAGE).withNetwork(network).withNetworkAliases("clickhouse");
+        db = new ClickHouseContainer(ClickHouseTestHelpers.CLICKHOUSE_FOR_PROXY_DOCKER_IMAGE)
+                .withNetwork(network)
+                .withNetworkAliases("clickhouse")
+                .withPassword("test_password")
+                .withEnv("CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT", "1");
         db.start();
 
         toxiproxy = new ToxiproxyContainer("ghcr.io/shopify/toxiproxy:2.7.0").withNetwork(network).withNetworkAliases("toxiproxy");
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskStringTest.java b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskStringTest.java
index 057e56d6..c1b3d499 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskStringTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskStringTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 public class ClickHouseSinkTaskStringTest extends ClickHouseBase {
     private int countRowsWithEmojis(ClickHouseHelperClient chc, String topic) {
-        String queryCount = "select count(*) from " + topic + " where str LIKE '%\uD83D\uDE00%'";
+        String queryCount = "select count(*) from " + topic + " where str LIKE '%\uD83D\uDE00%' SETTINGS select_sequential_consistency = 1";
         try {
             Records records = chc.getClient().queryRecords(queryCount).get();
             String value = records.iterator().next().getString(1);
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ private int countRowsWithEmojis(ClickHouseHelperClient chc, String topic) {
         }
     }
     private int countRows(ClickHouseHelperClient chc, String topic) {
-        String queryCount = String.format("select count(*) from `%s`", topic);
+        String queryCount = String.format("select count(*) from `%s` SETTINGS select_sequential_consistency = 1", topic);
         try {
             Records records = chc.getClient().queryRecords(queryCount).get();
             String value = records.iterator().next().getString(1);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskWithSchemaProxyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskWithSchemaProxyTest.java
index 72b79499..f6f5b1cc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskWithSchemaProxyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/ClickHouseSinkTaskWithSchemaProxyTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ public class ClickHouseSinkTaskWithSchemaProxyTest extends ClickHouseBase {
     public static void setup() throws IOException {
         Network network = Network.newNetwork();
         // Note: we are using a different version of ClickHouse for the proxy - https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58828
-        db = new org.testcontainers.clickhouse.ClickHouseContainer(ClickHouseTestHelpers.CLICKHOUSE_FOR_PROXY_DOCKER_IMAGE).withNetwork(network).withNetworkAliases("clickhouse");
+        db = new org.testcontainers.clickhouse.ClickHouseContainer(ClickHouseTestHelpers.CLICKHOUSE_FOR_PROXY_DOCKER_IMAGE)
+                .withNetwork(network)
+                .withNetworkAliases("clickhouse")
+                .withPassword("test_password")
+                .withEnv("CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT", "1");
         db.start();
 
         toxiproxy = new ToxiproxyContainer("ghcr.io/shopify/toxiproxy:2.7.0").withNetwork(network).withNetworkAliases("toxiproxy");
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/helper/ClickHouseTestHelpers.java b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/helper/ClickHouseTestHelpers.java
index 23eba246..6698c806 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/helper/ClickHouseTestHelpers.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/kafka/connect/sink/helper/ClickHouseTestHelpers.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public static OperationMetrics optimizeTable(ClickHouseHelperClient chc, String
     }
 
     public static int countRows(ClickHouseHelperClient chc, String tableName) {
-        String queryCount = String.format("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `%s`", tableName);
+        String queryCount = String.format("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `%s` SETTINGS select_sequential_consistency = 1", tableName);
 
         try {
             optimizeTable(chc, tableName);
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public static int sumRows(ClickHouseHelperClient chc, String tableName, String c
     }
 
     public static int countRowsWithEmojis(ClickHouseHelperClient chc, String tableName) {
-        String queryCount = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `" + tableName + "` WHERE str LIKE '%\uD83D\uDE00%'";
+        String queryCount = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `" + tableName + "` WHERE str LIKE '%\uD83D\uDE00%' SETTINGS select_sequential_consistency = 1";
         try {
             Records records = chc.getClient().queryRecords(queryCount).get(CLOUD_TIMEOUT_VALUE, CLOUD_TIMEOUT_UNIT);
             String value = records.iterator().next().getString(1);