diff --git a/.idea/mavenProjectSettings.xml b/.idea/mavenProjectSettings.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="MavenProjectSettings">
+    <option name="testRunningSettings">
+      <MavenTestRunningSettings>
+        <option name="passArgLine" value="false" />  <!-- see https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/pull/8526 -->
+      </MavenTestRunningSettings>
+    </option>
+  </component>
+</project>