diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/OpenMetadataApplicationTest.java b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/OpenMetadataApplicationTest.java
index cd8875ec396..7e4802a56cb 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/OpenMetadataApplicationTest.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/OpenMetadataApplicationTest.java
@@ -15,16 +15,26 @@ package org.openmetadata.service;
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import es.org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient;
 import es.org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder;
+import io.dropwizard.configuration.ConfigurationException;
+import io.dropwizard.configuration.EnvironmentVariableSubstitutor;
+import io.dropwizard.configuration.FileConfigurationSourceProvider;
+import io.dropwizard.configuration.SubstitutingSourceProvider;
+import io.dropwizard.configuration.YamlConfigurationFactory;
 import io.dropwizard.db.DataSourceFactory;
+import io.dropwizard.jackson.Jackson;
 import io.dropwizard.jersey.jackson.JacksonFeature;
+import io.dropwizard.jersey.validation.Validators;
 import io.dropwizard.testing.ConfigOverride;
 import io.dropwizard.testing.ResourceHelpers;
 import io.dropwizard.testing.junit5.DropwizardAppExtension;
+import jakarta.validation.Validator;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.Client;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -55,6 +65,8 @@ import org.openmetadata.schema.type.IndexMappingLanguage;
 import org.openmetadata.search.IndexMappingLoader;
 import org.openmetadata.service.apps.ApplicationContext;
 import org.openmetadata.service.apps.ApplicationHandler;
+import org.openmetadata.service.events.AuditExcludeFilterFactory;
+import org.openmetadata.service.events.AuditOnlyFilterFactory;
 import org.openmetadata.service.governance.workflows.WorkflowHandler;
 import org.openmetadata.service.jdbi3.CollectionDAO;
 import org.openmetadata.service.jdbi3.locator.ConnectionAwareAnnotationSqlLocator;
@@ -136,7 +148,7 @@ public abstract class OpenMetadataApplicationTest {
     if (CommonUtil.nullOrEmpty(elasticSearchContainerImage)) {
       elasticSearchContainerImage = ELASTIC_SEARCH_CONTAINER_IMAGE;
     }
-    OpenMetadataApplicationConfig config = new OpenMetadataApplicationConfig();
+    OpenMetadataApplicationConfig config = readTestAppConfig(CONFIG_PATH);
     // The system properties are provided by maven-surefire for testing with mysql and postgres
     LOG.info(
         "Using test container class {} and image {}", jdbcContainerClassName, jdbcContainerImage);
@@ -273,6 +285,20 @@ public abstract class OpenMetadataApplicationTest {
     Entity.cleanup();
   }
 
+  protected OpenMetadataApplicationConfig readTestAppConfig(String path)
+      throws ConfigurationException, IOException {
+    ObjectMapper objectMapper = Jackson.newObjectMapper();
+    objectMapper.registerSubtypes(AuditExcludeFilterFactory.class, AuditOnlyFilterFactory.class);
+    Validator validator = Validators.newValidator();
+    YamlConfigurationFactory<OpenMetadataApplicationConfig> factory =
+        new YamlConfigurationFactory<>(
+            OpenMetadataApplicationConfig.class, validator, objectMapper, "dw");
+    return factory.build(
+        new SubstitutingSourceProvider(
+            new FileConfigurationSourceProvider(), new EnvironmentVariableSubstitutor(false)),
+        path);
+  }
+
   protected CollectionDAO getDao(Jdbi jdbi) {
     CollectionDAO originalDAO = jdbi.onDemand(CollectionDAO.class);