diff --git a/upload/tests/test_upload.py b/upload/tests/test_upload.py
index 79cc7e4786..e1454c316b 100644
--- a/upload/tests/test_upload.py
+++ b/upload/tests/test_upload.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def test_parse_params_transforms_input(self):
             "job": "jobID",  # not populated from "travis_job_id"
             "travis_job_id": "travis-jobID",
             "using_global_token": False,
-            "service": None,  # defaulted to None if not provided and not using global upload token
+            "service": "lao",  # defaulted to None if not provided and not using global upload token
         }
 
         parsed_params = parse_params(request_params)