diff --git a/spec/requests/events_spec.rb b/spec/requests/events_spec.rb
index 072630f10..9f1ab4cc4 100644
--- a/spec/requests/events_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/events_spec.rb
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
     end
 
     context "with registrant information" do
-      let(:uri) { "/events" }
+      let(:uri) { "/events?aggregations=advanced_aggregations" }
       let(:params) do
         { "data" => { "type" => "events",
                       "attributes" => {
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 
         Event.import
         sleep 1
-        get "#{uri}?aggregations=advanced_aggregations", nil, headers
+        get uri, nil, headers
 
         expect(json.dig("meta", "registrants", 0, "count")).to eq(1)
         expect(json.dig("meta", "registrants", 0, "id")).to eq("datacite.crossref.citations")