diff --git a/tests/unit/Http/Middleware/TokenRequestParamCheckingTest.php b/tests/unit/Http/Middleware/TokenRequestParamCheckingTest.php
index a81b07765a..1e3f4051f9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Http/Middleware/TokenRequestParamCheckingTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Http/Middleware/TokenRequestParamCheckingTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace PhpMyAdmin\Tests\Http\Middleware;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Dbal\DatabaseInterface;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Http\Factory\ServerRequestFactory;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Http\Middleware\TokenRequestParamChecking;
+use PhpMyAdmin\ResponseRenderer;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Tests\Stubs\DbiDummy;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ final class TokenRequestParamCheckingTest extends TestCase
         $dbi = new DatabaseInterface(new DbiDummy());
         DatabaseInterface::$instance = $dbi;
 
+        $responseRenderer = ResponseRenderer::getInstance();
+        $responseRenderer->setAjax(true);
+
         $_SESSION[' PMA_token '] = 'mismatch';
         $request = ServerRequestFactory::create()->createServerRequest('POST', 'http://example.com/')
             ->withParsedBody(['token' => 'token', 'ajax_request' => 'true']);