diff --git a/test/conf/latest_diff.yaml b/test/conf/latest_diff.yaml
index 28cb76c971..d7953e96b5 100644
--- a/test/conf/latest_diff.yaml
+++ b/test/conf/latest_diff.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@
         default:
             inherits: trie
 
+batchlog_endpoint_strategy: dynamic_remote
+
+authenticator:
+  class_name : AllowAllAuthenticator
+authorizer:
+  class_name: AllowAllAuthorizer
+role_manager:
+  class_name: CassandraRoleManager
+network_authorizer:
+  class_name: AllowAllNetworkAuthorizer
+
 key_cache_size: 0MiB
 
 memtable_allocation_type: offheap_objects
diff --git a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/impl/InstanceConfig.java b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/impl/InstanceConfig.java
index ae891cf0d5..adb9bc35db 100644
--- a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/impl/InstanceConfig.java
+++ b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/impl/InstanceConfig.java
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ public class InstanceConfig implements IInstanceConfig
                 "configurations", Map.of(
                     "default", Map.of(
                         "class_name", "TrieMemtable"))))
+
+                .set("batchlog_endpoint_strategy", "dynamic_remote")
+
+                .set("authenticator", Map.of("class_name", "AllowAllAuthenticator"))
+                .set("authorizer", Map.of("class_name", "AllowAllAuthorizer"))
+                .set("role_manager", Map.of("class_name", "CassandraRoleManager"))
+                .set("network_authorizer", Map.of("class_name", "AllowAllNetworkAuthorizer"))
+
                 .set("key_cache_size", "0MiB")
 
                 .set("memtable_allocation_type", "offheap_objects")