diff --git a/rclpy/test/test_node.py b/rclpy/test/test_node.py
index 86aa94963..fe7a9e142 100644
--- a/rclpy/test/test_node.py
+++ b/rclpy/test/test_node.py
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ class TestCreateNode(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_use_global_arguments(self):
         context = rclpy.context.Context()
         rclpy.init(
-            args=['process_name', '--ros-args', '__node:=global_node_name'],
+            args=['process_name', '--ros-args', '-r', '__node:=global_node_name'],
             context=context
         )
         try:
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ def test_node_arguments(self):
         rclpy.init(context=context)
         try:
             node = rclpy.create_node(
-                'my_node', namespace='/my_ns', cli_args=['__ns:=/foo/bar'], context=context)
+                'my_node', namespace='/my_ns', cli_args=['-r', '__ns:=/foo/bar'], context=context)
             self.assertEqual('/foo/bar', node.get_namespace())
             node.destroy_node()
         finally:
diff --git a/rclpy/test/test_utilities.py b/rclpy/test/test_utilities.py
index b73488f5f..e5ef15169 100644
--- a/rclpy/test/test_utilities.py
+++ b/rclpy/test/test_utilities.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ def test_remove_ros_args(self):
             'process_name',
             '-d',
             '--ros-args',
-            '__ns:=/foo/bar',
-            '__ns:=/fiz/buz',
+            '-r', '__ns:=/foo/bar',
+            '-r', '__ns:=/fiz/buz',
             '--',
             '--foo=bar',
             '--baz'