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 765bde6242175c05d9e6cb68d5cc544dd7a34236..870916e765e9e907a0abd080330ec0a457aa7e2a 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
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTest {
             .username(USER_2_USERNAME)
             .email(USER_2_EMAIL)
             .password(USER_2_PASSWORD)
-            .authorities(AUTHORITY_DEFAULT_DEVELOPER_AUTHORITIES)
+            .authorities(AUTHORITY_DEFAULT_RESEARCHER_AUTHORITIES)
             .build();
 
     public final static at.tuwien.api.keycloak.UserDto USER_2_KEYCLOAK_DTO = at.tuwien.api.keycloak.UserDto.builder()
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTest {
             .username(USER_3_USERNAME)
             .email(USER_3_EMAIL)
             .password(USER_3_PASSWORD)
-            .authorities(AUTHORITY_DEFAULT_DATA_STEWARD_AUTHORITIES)
+            .authorities(AUTHORITY_DEFAULT_RESEARCHER_AUTHORITIES)
             .build();
 
     public final static at.tuwien.api.keycloak.UserDto USER_3_KEYCLOAK_DTO = at.tuwien.api.keycloak.UserDto.builder()