diff --git a/tests/integration/keydb-cli.tcl b/tests/integration/keydb-cli.tcl
index 3117cb6a5..60fed2f83 100644
--- a/tests/integration/keydb-cli.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/keydb-cli.tcl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 source tests/support/cli.tcl
 
-start_server {tags {"cli"}} {
+start_server [list tags {"cli"} overrides {enable-async-commands no}] {
     proc open_cli {{opts "-n 9"} {infile ""}} {
         set ::env(TERM) dumb
         set cmdline [rediscli [srv host] [srv port] $opts]