diff --git a/eossr/scripts/tests/test_scripts.py b/eossr/scripts/tests/test_scripts.py
index f751ac6d256c2617d927b603d57f810b15a76097..e29b747036e5a409704c8d3a6506fd24c37c3969 100644
--- a/eossr/scripts/tests/test_scripts.py
+++ b/eossr/scripts/tests/test_scripts.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def test_eossr_upload_repository(tmpdir):
     shutil.copy(Path(ROOT_DIR).joinpath('codemeta.json'), tmpdir)
     published = eossr_upload_repository.upload(zenodo_token=os.getenv('SANDBOX_ZENODO_TOKEN'),
                                                sandbox_flag=True,
-                                               upload_directory=tmpdir
+                                               upload_directory=tmpdir,
+                                               force_new_record=True
                                                )
     record_id = published.json()['id']
     Path(path_test_filename).write_text('Hello World 2')