diff --git a/tests/test-crypto-tlssession.c b/tests/test-crypto-tlssession.c
index 1a4a066d76c8597bfd06ca091e8082e35e4da916..82f21c27f270bc10f9e72e0beec33b6024d87df4 100644
--- a/tests/test-crypto-tlssession.c
+++ b/tests/test-crypto-tlssession.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static QCryptoTLSCreds *test_tls_creds_create(QCryptoTLSCredsEndpoint endpoint,
                      "server" : "client"),
         "dir", certdir,
         "verify-peer", "yes",
+        "priority", "NORMAL",
         /* We skip initial sanity checks here because we
          * want to make sure that problems are being
          * detected at the TLS session validation stage,
diff --git a/tests/test-io-channel-tls.c b/tests/test-io-channel-tls.c
index 32743b2c9637beb99601d269293106d6656d2c8b..bb88ee870f0e26a9f8f3052631c3261dc0507191 100644
--- a/tests/test-io-channel-tls.c
+++ b/tests/test-io-channel-tls.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static QCryptoTLSCreds *test_tls_creds_create(QCryptoTLSCredsEndpoint endpoint,
                      "server" : "client"),
         "dir", certdir,
         "verify-peer", "yes",
+        "priority", "NORMAL",
         /* We skip initial sanity checks here because we
          * want to make sure that problems are being
          * detected at the TLS session validation stage,