diff --git a/test/topology_custom/test_not_enough_token_owners.py b/test/topology_custom/test_not_enough_token_owners.py
index a00a4cab4f..7472b98f54 100644
--- a/test/topology_custom/test_not_enough_token_owners.py
+++ b/test/topology_custom/test_not_enough_token_owners.py
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ async def test_not_enough_token_owners(manager: ManagerClient):
     """
     logging.info('Trying to add a zero-token server as the first server in the cluster')
     await manager.server_add(config={'join_ring': False},
+                             property_file={"dc": "dc1", "rack": "rz"},
                              expected_error='Cannot start the first node in the cluster as zero-token')
 
     logging.info('Adding the first server')
-    server_a = await manager.server_add()
+    server_a = await manager.server_add(property_file={"dc": "dc1", "rack": "r1"})
 
     logging.info('Adding two zero-token servers')
     # The second server is needed only to preserve the Raft majority.
-    server_b = (await manager.servers_add(2, config={'join_ring': False}))[0]
+    server_b = (await manager.servers_add(2, config={'join_ring': False}, property_file={"dc": "dc1", "rack": "rz"}))[0]
 
     logging.info(f'Trying to decommission the only token owner {server_a}')
     await manager.decommission_node(server_a.server_id,
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ async def test_not_enough_token_owners(manager: ManagerClient):
     await manager.server_start(server_a.server_id)
 
     logging.info('Adding a normal server')
-    await manager.server_add()
+    await manager.server_add(property_file={"dc": "dc1", "rack": "r2"})
 
     cql = manager.get_cql()