diff --git a/.gitlab/testbed.yml b/.gitlab/testbed.yml
index de92b7d0f4..dec5ab2ebd 100644
--- a/.gitlab/testbed.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/testbed.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     DUT_OBUSPA_VERBOSE_LEVEL: ''
     DUT_OBUSPA_PROTOCOL_TRACE: ''
     TEST_SETUP_TEARDOWN_DURATION: 360
-    CRAM_REMOTE_COMMAND: ssh root@$TARGET_LAN_IP
+    CRAM_REMOTE_COMMAND: ssh -n root@$TARGET_LAN_IP
     CRAM_REMOTE_COPY: scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
     CRAM_TEST_SUITE: |
       .gitlab/tests/cram/generic/acceleration-plan-components
diff --git a/.gitlab/tests/cram/mxl25641-hdk-6/050-allow_block_sfp.t b/.gitlab/tests/cram/mxl25641-hdk-6/050-allow_block_sfp.t
index 75134d5d43..45720f9549 100644
--- a/.gitlab/tests/cram/mxl25641-hdk-6/050-allow_block_sfp.t
+++ b/.gitlab/tests/cram/mxl25641-hdk-6/050-allow_block_sfp.t
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 # Allowing/blocking SFPs via that table is already covered by the unit tests of
 # tr181-sfp.
 
-  $ alias R="${CRAM_REMOTE_COMMAND:-ssh root@192.168.1.1}"
+  $ alias R="${CRAM_REMOTE_COMMAND:-ssh -n root@192.168.1.1}"
 
 Check if we're on the right board