diff --git a/tests/python/compositor_realtime_render_tests.py b/tests/python/compositor_realtime_render_tests.py
index aae9253bd95..2b187bb0ac7 100644
--- a/tests/python/compositor_realtime_render_tests.py
+++ b/tests/python/compositor_realtime_render_tests.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 ENABLE_REALTIME_COMPOSITOR_SCRIPT = "import bpy; " \
     "bpy.context.preferences.experimental.use_experimental_compositors = True; " \
-    "bpy.data.scenes[0].node_tree.execution_mode = 'REALTIME'"
+    "bpy.data.scenes[0].node_tree.execution_mode = 'GPU'"
 
 
 def get_arguments(filepath, output_filepath):