diff --git a/compiler/fir/modularized-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/FullPipelineModularizedTest.kt b/compiler/fir/modularized-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/FullPipelineModularizedTest.kt
index 16c9522fc38..0b2673de1f0 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/modularized-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/FullPipelineModularizedTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/modularized-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/FullPipelineModularizedTest.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class FullPipelineModularizedTest : AbstractFullPipelineModularizedTest() {
         args.useFir = true
         args.useIR = true
         args.apiVersion = LANGUAGE_VERSION
+        args.jvmDefault = "compatibility"
     }
 
     fun testTotalKotlin() {