diff --git a/lib/gitlab/qa/scenario/test/integration/gitaly_cluster.rb b/lib/gitlab/qa/scenario/test/integration/gitaly_cluster.rb
index e64dd2722e0731564191040ab422adc207649d36..f7126f50a0f3aa0e3806917bd981cce4a1a4f5a0 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/qa/scenario/test/integration/gitaly_cluster.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/qa/scenario/test/integration/gitaly_cluster.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ module Gitlab
                 praefect['database_sslmode'] = 'disable';
                 praefect['postgres_queue_enabled'] = true;
                 praefect['failover_enabled'] = true;
+                praefect['failover_election_strategy'] = 'per_repository';
                 praefect['virtual_storages'] = {
                   'default' => {
                     '#{@primary_node_name}' => {