diff --git a/spec/factories/clusters/clusters.rb b/spec/factories/clusters/clusters.rb
index 98566f907f9..0430762c1ff 100644
--- a/spec/factories/clusters/clusters.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/clusters/clusters.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     name 'test-cluster'
 
     trait :project do
-      after(:create) do |cluster, evaluator|
-        cluster.projects << create(:project)
+      before(:create) do |cluster, evaluator|
+        cluster.projects << create(:project, :repository)
       end
     end