diff --git a/testsuite/forge/src/config.rs b/testsuite/forge/src/config.rs
index 940589e7fb3b1..a158e4134d75a 100644
--- a/testsuite/forge/src/config.rs
+++ b/testsuite/forge/src/config.rs
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ impl ForgeConfig {
                 ["enable_storage_sharding"] = true.into();
             helm_values["validator"]["config"]["indexer_db_config"]["enable_event"] = true.into();
             helm_values["fullnode"]["config"]["indexer_db_config"]["enable_event"] = true.into();
+
+            // enable optqs
+            helm_values["validator"]["config"]["consensus"]["quorum_store"]
+                ["enable_opt_quorum_store"] = true.into();
         }))
     }