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..7472288 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 +25,14 @@ import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
 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 {
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ public class TestBase {
                 .withSegmentCacheSize(0)
                 .withStringCacheSize(0)
                 .withTemplateCacheSize(0)
+                .withStatisticsProvider(new DefaultStatisticsProvider(Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(10)))
                 .build();
     }