diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/DataStoreTestBase.java oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/DataStoreTestBase.java
index 59a725c..f6e0200 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/DataStoreTestBase.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/DataStoreTestBase.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.standby;
 
+import static java.util.concurrent.Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.data.FileDataStore;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.Blob;
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.CommitInfo;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.EmptyHook;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeBuilder;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeStore;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.DefaultStatisticsProvider;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ public class DataStoreTestBase extends TestBase {
     }
 
     protected FileStore setupFileDataStore(File d, String path) throws Exception {
+        ScheduledExecutorService executor = newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
         FileDataStore fds = new FileDataStore();
         fds.setMinRecordLength(4092);
         fds.init(path);
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ public class DataStoreTestBase extends TestBase {
                 .withStringCacheSize(0)
                 .withTemplateCacheSize(0)
                 .withBlobStore(blobStore)
+                .withStatisticsProvider(new DefaultStatisticsProvider(executor))
                 .build();
     }
 
diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/TestBase.java oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/TestBase.java
index a0d9616..f7696ee 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/TestBase.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/TestBase.java
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.CIHelper;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.FileStore;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.standby.client.StandbyClient;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.DefaultStatisticsProvider;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 
 public class TestBase {
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ public class TestBase {
     }
 
     private static FileStore newFileStore(File directory) throws Exception {
+        ScheduledExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
         return fileStoreBuilder(directory)
                 .withMaxFileSize(1)
                 .withMemoryMapping(false)
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@ public class TestBase {
                 .withSegmentCacheSize(0)
                 .withStringCacheSize(0)
                 .withTemplateCacheSize(0)
+                .withStatisticsProvider(new DefaultStatisticsProvider(executor))
                 .build();
     }