diff --git hcatalog/src/test/e2e/templeton/deployers/config/hive/hive-site.xml hcatalog/src/test/e2e/templeton/deployers/config/hive/hive-site.xml
index bebf6a6..4307000 100644
--- hcatalog/src/test/e2e/templeton/deployers/config/hive/hive-site.xml
+++ hcatalog/src/test/e2e/templeton/deployers/config/hive/hive-site.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
thrift://localhost:9933
For Hive CLI to connect to
+
+ hive.execution.engine
+ mr
+