diff --git a/smoketests/tests/replication.py b/smoketests/tests/replication.py
index e7cba4b1445..d5de98fe39b 100644
--- a/smoketests/tests/replication.py
+++ b/smoketests/tests/replication.py
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         super().setUpClass()
         cls.root_config = cls.project_path / "root_config"
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # Ensure containers that were brought down during a test are back up.
+        self.docker.compose("up", "-d")
+        super().tearDown()
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)