diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/IndexStateManagementRestTestCase.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/IndexStateManagementRestTestCase.kt
index 6091da676..106117fa2 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/IndexStateManagementRestTestCase.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/IndexStateManagementRestTestCase.kt
@@ -102,6 +102,37 @@ abstract class IndexStateManagementRestTestCase : IndexManagementRestTestCase()
         updateValidationServiceSetting(true)
     }
 
+    protected fun createOrUpdateRole() {
+        val roleBody = """
+        {
+          "cluster_permissions": ["cluster:admin/snapshot/restore", "cluster:admin/snapshot/create"],
+          "index_permissions": [
+            {
+              "index_patterns": ["*"],
+              "allowed_actions": ["indices:*"]
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+        """.trimIndent()
+
+        client().makeRequest(
+            method = "PUT",
+            endpoint = "/_plugins/_security/api/roles/snapshot_restore_role",
+            entity = StringEntity(roleBody, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON),
+        )
+
+        // Map your test user to snapshot_restore_role
+        val roleMappingBody = """
+        {
+          "users": ["testUser"]
+        }
+        """.trimIndent()
+        client().makeRequest(
+            method = "PUT",
+            endpoint = "/_plugins/_security/api/rolesmapping/snapshot_restore_role",
+            entity = StringEntity(roleMappingBody, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON),
+        )
+    }
     protected fun createPolicy(
         policy: Policy,
         policyId: String = OpenSearchTestCase.randomAlphaOfLength(10),
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt
index 5617a9cf4..56b565680 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT : IndexStateManagementRestTestCase() {
     private val testIndexName = javaClass.simpleName.lowercase(Locale.ROOT)
 
     fun `test basic conversion to remote index`() {
+        createOrUpdateRole()
         val indexName = "${testIndexName}_index_basic"
         val policyID = "${testIndexName}_policy_basic"
         val repository = "repository"