diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/policy/frameworks/cluster/cluster_started_restart_manager.zeek b/testing/btest/scripts/policy/frameworks/cluster/cluster_started_restart_manager.zeek
index fcc9f7e3e9..6e81436dad 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/policy/frameworks/cluster/cluster_started_restart_manager.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/policy/frameworks/cluster/cluster_started_restart_manager.zeek
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ event zeek_done()
 
 @else
 
+redef Cluster::backend = Cluster::CLUSTER_BACKEND_BROKER;
+
 event zeek_init()
 	{
 	print "supervised node zeek_init()", Cluster::node;
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/policy/frameworks/cluster/cluster_started_restart_worker.zeek b/testing/btest/scripts/policy/frameworks/cluster/cluster_started_restart_worker.zeek
index 457d34db11..ff724ca47e 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/policy/frameworks/cluster/cluster_started_restart_worker.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/policy/frameworks/cluster/cluster_started_restart_worker.zeek
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ event zeek_done()
 
 @else
 
+redef Cluster::backend = Cluster::CLUSTER_BACKEND_BROKER;
+
 event zeek_init()
 	{
 	print "supervised node zeek_init()", Cluster::node;