diff --git a/tests/unit/cluster/faster-failover.tcl b/tests/unit/cluster/faster-failover.tcl
index e1971928aa0..250da51038c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cluster/faster-failover.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/cluster/faster-failover.tcl
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ proc test_best_ranked_replica {} {
 
 # This change and test is quite important, so we want to run it a few more times.
 for {set i 0} {$i < 5} {incr i} {
-    start_cluster 5 7 {tags {external:skip cluster} overrides {cluster-ping-interval 1000 cluster-node-timeout 5000}} {
+    start_cluster 5 7 {tags {external:skip cluster tls:skip} overrides {cluster-ping-interval 1000 cluster-node-timeout 5000}} {
         test_best_ranked_replica
     } my_slot_allocation cluster_allocate_replicas ;# start_cluster
 }