diff --git a/suites/upgrade/client-upgrade/hammer-client-x/basic/2-workload/rbd_api_tests.yaml b/suites/upgrade/client-upgrade/hammer-client-x/basic/2-workload/rbd_api_tests.yaml
index 283b45c286b..6638d14e2bc 100644
--- a/suites/upgrade/client-upgrade/hammer-client-x/basic/2-workload/rbd_api_tests.yaml
+++ b/suites/upgrade/client-upgrade/hammer-client-x/basic/2-workload/rbd_api_tests.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+overrides:
+  ceph:
+    conf:
+      client:
+        rbd default features: 13
 tasks:
 - exec:
     client.0: