diff --git a/cypress.config.dist.mjs b/cypress.config.dist.mjs
index e4d00070815a..6a5949eda403 100644
--- a/cypress.config.dist.mjs
+++ b/cypress.config.dist.mjs
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     baseUrl: 'http://localhost/',
     specPattern: [
       'tests/System/integration/install/**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
-      'tests/System/integration/administrator/**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
-      'tests/System/integration/site/**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
-      'tests/System/integration/api/**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
-      'tests/System/integration/plugins/**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
+      'tests/System/integration/plugins/system/sef/SefPlugin.cy.js',
     ],
     supportFile: 'tests/System/support/index.js',
     scrollBehavior: 'center',
diff --git a/tests/System/drone-system-run.sh b/tests/System/drone-system-run.sh
index 7b106355bc87..823b8f08c598 100644
--- a/tests/System/drone-system-run.sh
+++ b/tests/System/drone-system-run.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ chown -R www-data /tests/www/$TEST_GROUP/
 chmod -R 777 /tests/www/$TEST_GROUP/images
 
 echo "[RUNNER] Start Apache"
+a2enmod rewrite
 apache2ctl -D FOREGROUND &
 
 echo "[RUNNER] Run cypress tests"
diff --git a/tests/System/integration/plugins/system/sef/SefPlugin.cy.js b/tests/System/integration/plugins/system/sef/SefPlugin.cy.js
index 9e3cbc2b5f23..34cf286530ac 100644
--- a/tests/System/integration/plugins/system/sef/SefPlugin.cy.js
+++ b/tests/System/integration/plugins/system/sef/SefPlugin.cy.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 describe('Test that the sef system plugin', () => {
+  before(() => {
+    cy.exec(`cp ${Cypress.env('cmsPath')}/htaccess.txt ${Cypress.env('cmsPath')}/.htaccess`);
+  });
   afterEach(() => {
     cy.exec(`php ${Cypress.env('cmsPath')}/cli/joomla.php config:set sef=true sef_suffix=false sef_rewrite=false`);
     cy.db_updateExtensionParameter('enforcesuffix', '1', 'plg_system_sef');