diff --git a/iotdb-core/datanode/src/test/resources/iotdb-system.properties b/iotdb-core/datanode/src/test/resources/iotdb-system.properties
index 9e0e16caaa99..4318ba30cf65 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/datanode/src/test/resources/iotdb-system.properties
+++ b/iotdb-core/datanode/src/test/resources/iotdb-system.properties
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ dn_internal_address=0.0.0.0
 dn_sync_dir=target/sync
 dn_seed_config_node=127.0.0.1:10710
 
+# Unit tests do not receive ConfigNode heartbeats, so disable the background metadata lease check.
+check_dn_lease_status_interval_ms=9223372036854775807
+
 udf_lib_dir=target/ext/udf
 trigger_lib_dir=target/ext/trigger
 pipe_lib_dir=target/ext/pipe