diff --git a/eva-accession-pipeline/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/accession/pipeline/batch/io/AccessionReportWriterTest.java b/eva-accession-pipeline/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/accession/pipeline/batch/io/AccessionReportWriterTest.java
index 3aee49e5f..493bfd446 100644
--- a/eva-accession-pipeline/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/accession/pipeline/batch/io/AccessionReportWriterTest.java
+++ b/eva-accession-pipeline/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/accession/pipeline/batch/io/AccessionReportWriterTest.java
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ private void writeAndResumeAndWrite(String originalChromosome1, String contig1,
         accessionReportWriter.write(Collections.singletonList(variant),
                                     GetOrCreateAccessionWrapperCreator.convertToGetOrCreateAccessionWrapper(
                                             Collections.singletonList(accessionWrapper)));
+        accessionReportWriter.update(executionContext);
         accessionReportWriter.close();
 
         // second writer