diff --git a/edc-tests/edc-controlplane/catalog-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/tests/catalog/FederatedCatalogTest.java b/edc-tests/edc-controlplane/catalog-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/tests/catalog/FederatedCatalogTest.java
index eaedc2e81..4f17996c0 100644
--- a/edc-tests/edc-controlplane/catalog-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/tests/catalog/FederatedCatalogTest.java
+++ b/edc-tests/edc-controlplane/catalog-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/tests/catalog/FederatedCatalogTest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class FederatedCatalogTest {
             .name(PROVIDER_NAME)
             .id(PROVIDER_BPN)
             .build();
-    
+
     abstract static class Tests {
 
         @Test
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ void requestCatalog_fulfillsPolicy_shouldReturnOffer() {
                     .atMost(ASYNC_TIMEOUT)
                     .untilAsserted(() -> {
                         CONSUMER.getFederatedCatalog()
-                                .log().ifValidationFails()
                                 .statusCode(200)
                                 .contentType(JSON)
+                                .log().ifValidationFails()
                                 .body("size()", is(1))
                                 .body("[0].'dcat:dataset'.'@id'", equalTo("test-asset"));
                     });
diff --git a/edc-tests/edc-controlplane/fixtures/src/testFixtures/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/tests/participant/TractusxParticipantBase.java b/edc-tests/edc-controlplane/fixtures/src/testFixtures/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/tests/participant/TractusxParticipantBase.java
index 6f9fdf8db..9abaaf095 100644
--- a/edc-tests/edc-controlplane/fixtures/src/testFixtures/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/tests/participant/TractusxParticipantBase.java
+++ b/edc-tests/edc-controlplane/fixtures/src/testFixtures/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/tests/participant/TractusxParticipantBase.java
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ public Map<String, String> getConfiguration() {
                 put("edc.dataplane.api.public.baseurl", "http://localhost:%d/api/public/v2/data".formatted(dataPlanePublic.getPort()));
                 put("edc.catalog.cache.execution.delay.seconds", "2");
                 put("edc.catalog.cache.execution.period.seconds", "2");
-                put("edc.catalog.cache.execution.enabled", "false"); // don't use FCC here
             }
         };
     }