diff --git a/internal/gitaly/storage/storagemgr/partition/migration/reftable/middleware_test.go b/internal/gitaly/storage/storagemgr/partition/migration/reftable/middleware_test.go
index feaa08f01935cb5eb82788b546c7a168481c17ed..9db65cab97b52dd3b94adc64819ddc3d9d9010ed 100644
--- a/internal/gitaly/storage/storagemgr/partition/migration/reftable/middleware_test.go
+++ b/internal/gitaly/storage/storagemgr/partition/migration/reftable/middleware_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/v16/internal/testhelper"
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/v16/internal/testhelper/testcfg"
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/v16/internal/testhelper/testserver"
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/v16/internal/testhelper/transactiontest"
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/v16/proto/go/gitalypb"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
@@ -204,6 +205,8 @@ func testInterceptor(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context) {
 				),
 			)
 
+			transactiontest.ForceWALSync(t, ctx, conn, repoProto)
+
 			tc.setup(repoProto, commitID)
 
 			// Block to ensure the previous migration was successful.