diff --git a/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh b/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh
index 6c3d9db662a8232f1fcccf3835b98d69571b6337..08a8dfaad5cdb0cb28fafb618f9b932e630bd114 100755
--- a/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh
+++ b/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export CRDB_DATABASE="tfs"
 export CRDB_DEPLOY_MODE="single"
 
 # Disable flag for dropping database, if it exists.
-export CRDB_DROP_DATABASE_IF_EXISTS=""
+export CRDB_DROP_DATABASE_IF_EXISTS="YES"
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying CockroachDB from scratch.
 export CRDB_REDEPLOY=""
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export QDB_PASSWORD="quest"
 export QDB_TABLE_MONITORING_KPIS="tfs_monitoring_kpis"
 
 # Disable flag for dropping tables if they exist.
-export QDB_DROP_TABLES_IF_EXIST=""
+export QDB_DROP_TABLES_IF_EXIST="YES"
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
 export QDB_REDEPLOY=""