diff --git a/test/integration/smoke-simulator/simulator.properties b/test/integration/smoke-simulator/simulator.properties
index e206d6dd7ef..954e519fb33 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke-simulator/simulator.properties
+++ b/test/integration/smoke-simulator/simulator.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 DBUSER=cloud
 DBPW=cloud
+DBROOTPW=
 MSLOG=vmops.log
 APISERVERLOG=api.log
 DBHOST=localhost