diff --git a/driver-sync/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/AbstractServerSelectionProseTest.java b/driver-sync/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/AbstractServerSelectionProseTest.java
index 506a40d8bd..76a75dfbda 100644
--- a/driver-sync/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/AbstractServerSelectionProseTest.java
+++ b/driver-sync/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/AbstractServerSelectionProseTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 import com.mongodb.ServerAddress;
 import com.mongodb.event.CommandStartedEvent;
 import com.mongodb.internal.connection.TestCommandListener;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
 import org.bson.BsonArray;
 import org.bson.BsonBoolean;
 import org.bson.BsonDocument;
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ void operationCountBasedSelectionWithinLatencyWindow() throws InterruptedExcepti
         MongoClientSettings clientSettings = getMongoClientSettingsBuilder()
                 .applicationName(appName)
                 .applyConnectionString(multiMongosConnectionString)
+                // set it to 3000 ms according to specification
+                .applyToClusterSettings(builder -> builder.localThreshold(3000L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS))
                 .applyToConnectionPoolSettings(builder -> builder
                         .minSize(tasks))
                 .addCommandListener(commandListener)