diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/inference/45_semantic_text_match.yml b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/inference/45_semantic_text_match.yml
index cdbf73d31a272..b1ca7d68541cb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/inference/45_semantic_text_match.yml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/inference/45_semantic_text_match.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ setup:
                 inference_id: sparse-inference-id
               non_inference_field:
                 type: text
+          settings:
+            number_of_shards: 1
+            number_of_replicas: 0
 
   - do:
       indices.create:
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ setup:
                 inference_id: dense-inference-id
               non_inference_field:
                 type: text
+          settings:
+            number_of_shards: 1
+            number_of_replicas: 0
 
   - do:
       indices.create: