diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/failure_distributed_results.out b/src/test/regress/expected/failure_distributed_results.out
index fc97c9af609..a316763e32d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/failure_distributed_results.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/failure_distributed_results.out
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ SELECT citus.mitmproxy('conn.allow()');
 (1 row)
 
 SET citus.next_shard_id TO 100800;
+-- Needed because of issue #7306
+SET citus.force_max_query_parallelization TO true;
 -- always try the 1st replica before the 2nd replica.
 SET citus.task_assignment_policy TO 'first-replica';
 --
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/failure_distributed_results.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/failure_distributed_results.sql
index 95e4d5513bf..93e4a9a3391 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/failure_distributed_results.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/failure_distributed_results.sql
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ SET client_min_messages TO WARNING;
 SELECT citus.mitmproxy('conn.allow()');
 
 SET citus.next_shard_id TO 100800;
+-- Needed because of issue #7306
+SET citus.force_max_query_parallelization TO true;
 
 -- always try the 1st replica before the 2nd replica.
 SET citus.task_assignment_policy TO 'first-replica';