diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt
index cbddbfbfc5d6f838677c6d04b0a0c79f59d8bc66..bad9773d349c4daf7b697e8127c74a8aa9442bb8 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package theodolite.execution.operator
 
 import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
 import theodolite.benchmark.Resources
+import theodolite.benchmark.RolloutMode
 import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
 import theodolite.util.KafkaConfig
 
@@ -20,11 +21,12 @@ class BenchmarkCRDummy(name: String) {
         kafkaConfig.bootstrapServer = ""
         kafkaConfig.topics = emptyList()
 
+
         benchmarkCR.spec = benchmark
         benchmarkCR.metadata.name = name
         benchmarkCR.kind = "Benchmark"
         benchmarkCR.apiVersion = "v1"
-
+        benchmark.rolloutMode = RolloutMode.DEFAULT
 
         benchmark.infrastructure = Resources()
         benchmark.sut = Resources()
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-benchmark.yaml
index ea9ee8471d3da1dc6011348bd978696bd0fa6f36..e45ecb2227d7724ae45d3bb96c244306678b5291 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-benchmark.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ kind: benchmark
 metadata:
   name: example-benchmark
 spec:
+  rolloutMode: "default"
   sut:
     resources:
       - configMap: