diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-aws/build-aws/run-tests.sh b/testing/indexer-test-aws/build-aws/run-tests.sh
index 1bfb3638c1c72974f7d2f80e694352235bda4f36..d776667d5343854b0f4709e96f7ebc3f2aedf263 100755
--- a/testing/indexer-test-aws/build-aws/run-tests.sh
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-aws/build-aws/run-tests.sh
@@ -79,9 +79,8 @@ do
 done < "$CUCUMBER_PROPERTY"
 
 echo "Cucumber option cucumber.options =         " ${cucumber_options}
-
-mvn -ntp test -f "$SCRIPT_SOURCE_DIR"/../pom.xml -Dcucumber.options="--plugin junit:target/junit-report.xml $cucumber_options"
 JAVA_HOME=$JAVA17_HOME
+mvn -ntp test -f "$SCRIPT_SOURCE_DIR"/../pom.xml -Dcucumber.options="--plugin junit:target/junit-report.xml $cucumber_options"
 
 # mvn -Dmaven.surefire.debug test -f "$SCRIPT_SOURCE_DIR"/../pom.xml -Dcucumber.options="--plugin junit:target/junit-report.xml"
 TEST_EXIT_CODE=$?