diff --git a/tests_v2/unit/app/routes/datasets/test_version.py b/tests_v2/unit/app/routes/datasets/test_version.py
index 8d4b570c6..3bdb94e9f 100644
--- a/tests_v2/unit/app/routes/datasets/test_version.py
+++ b/tests_v2/unit/app/routes/datasets/test_version.py
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ async def test_append_version_bare_minimum(
     monkeypatch.setattr(batch, "submit_batch_job", batch_job_mock.submit_batch_job)
     monkeypatch.setattr(versions, "_verify_source_file_access", void_function)
 
-    payload = {"source_uri": ["s3://some_bucket/test.shp.zip"]}
+    payload = {
+        "source_driver": "ESRI Shapefile",
+        "source_uri": ["s3://some_bucket/test.shp.zip"]
+    }
 
     resp = await async_client.post(
         f"/dataset/{dataset_name}/{version_name}/append", json=payload