diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/SearchCommandIT.java b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/SearchCommandIT.java
index b8e5b2a572..791d7ca7db 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/SearchCommandIT.java
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/SearchCommandIT.java
@@ -54,10 +54,18 @@ public void testSearchCommandWithoutSearchKeyword() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   public void testSearchCommandWithSpecialIndexName() throws IOException {
-    executeRequest(new Request("PUT", "/logs-2021.01.11"));
+    // A minimal `{"properties":{}}` mapping is required so the analytics-engine
+    // catalog (OpenSearchSchemaBuilder.buildSchema) actually surfaces the index —
+    // mapping-less indices are skipped and the parser then fails with
+    // "Table 'logs-2021.01.11' not found". Routing through TestUtils also
+    // honors the tests.analytics.parquet_indices toggle.
+    String minimalMapping = "{\"mappings\":{\"properties\":{}}}";
+    org.opensearch.sql.legacy.TestUtils.createIndexByRestClient(
+        client(), "logs-2021.01.11", minimalMapping);
     verifyDataRows(executeQuery("search source=logs-2021.01.11"));
 
-    executeRequest(new Request("PUT", "/logs-7.10.0-2021.01.11"));
+    org.opensearch.sql.legacy.TestUtils.createIndexByRestClient(
+        client(), "logs-7.10.0-2021.01.11", minimalMapping);
     verifyDataRows(executeQuery("search source=logs-7.10.0-2021.01.11"));
   }