diff --git a/src/tests/ofc24/deploy_specs.sh b/src/tests/ofc24/deploy_specs.sh
index 4cd0e7fa0c1d64ff965bcf4b66042fe3fc8fd557..a303537bff25beb82f9559a67347e28666da892b 100755
--- a/src/tests/ofc24/deploy_specs.sh
+++ b/src/tests/ofc24/deploy_specs.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export CRDB_DEPLOY_MODE="single"
 export CRDB_DROP_DATABASE_IF_EXISTS="YES"
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying CockroachDB from scratch.
-export CRDB_REDEPLOY=""
+export CRDB_REDEPLOY="YES"
 
 
 # ----- NATS -------------------------------------------------------------------