diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoints/TableEndpointUnitTest.java b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoints/TableEndpointUnitTest.java
index a4fb0c4f8acd1b3b65a829376bc8487353435008..ef06d7f37fd01373df24be3c27f95919850b9fae 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoints/TableEndpointUnitTest.java
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoints/TableEndpointUnitTest.java
@@ -1004,13 +1004,13 @@ public class TableEndpointUnitTest extends AbstractUnitTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    @WithMockUser(username = USER_2_USERNAME, authorities = {"delete-foreign-table"})
+    @WithMockUser(username = USER_5_USERNAME, authorities = {"delete-foreign-table"})
     public void delete_foreign_succeeds() throws NotAllowedException, DataServiceConnectionException,
             TableNotFoundException, DatabaseNotFoundException, SearchServiceException,
             SearchServiceConnectionException, DataServiceException {
 
         /* test */
-        generic_delete(USER_2_PRINCIPAL, TABLE_1);
+        generic_delete(USER_5_PRINCIPAL, TABLE_1);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/src/main/java/at/tuwien/test/BaseTest.java b/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/src/main/java/at/tuwien/test/BaseTest.java
index 870916e765e9e907a0abd080330ec0a457aa7e2a..b2cbfda2a7a38133317d2fd110161fcbd54ad9ae 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/src/main/java/at/tuwien/test/BaseTest.java
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/src/main/java/at/tuwien/test/BaseTest.java
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTest {
             .username(USER_5_USERNAME)
             .email(USER_5_EMAIL)
             .password(USER_5_PASSWORD)
-            .authorities(AUTHORITY_DEFAULT_RESEARCHER_AUTHORITIES)
+            .authorities(AUTHORITY_DEFAULT_DEVELOPER_AUTHORITIES)
             .build();
 
     public final static Principal USER_5_PRINCIPAL = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(USER_5_DETAILS,