diff --git a/acapy_agent/commands/tests/test_start.py b/acapy_agent/commands/tests/test_start.py
index 451ab584bb..57b80a909d 100644
--- a/acapy_agent/commands/tests/test_start.py
+++ b/acapy_agent/commands/tests/test_start.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def test_exec_start(self):
                     "0.0.0.0",
                     "80",
                     "--no-ledger",
+                    "--wallet-test",
                 ]
             )
             start_app.assert_called_once()
diff --git a/acapy_agent/commands/tests/test_upgrade.py b/acapy_agent/commands/tests/test_upgrade.py
index 51a33640a3..8aa36d61af 100644
--- a/acapy_agent/commands/tests/test_upgrade.py
+++ b/acapy_agent/commands/tests/test_upgrade.py
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ async def test_execute(self):
                     "--from-version",
                     "v0.7.0",
                     "--force-upgrade",
+                    "--wallet-test",
                 ]
             )
 
diff --git a/acapy_agent/config/argparse.py b/acapy_agent/config/argparse.py
index 8293fdec94..87a67aeaf7 100644
--- a/acapy_agent/config/argparse.py
+++ b/acapy_agent/config/argparse.py
@@ -1634,8 +1634,7 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser: ArgumentParser):
         )
         parser.add_argument(
             "--wallet-test",
-            type=str,
-            metavar="<wallet-test>",
+            action="store_true",
             default=False,
             env_var="ACAPY_WALLET_TEST",
             help=(
diff --git a/acapy_agent/config/tests/test_argparse.py b/acapy_agent/config/tests/test_argparse.py
index b80e478032..c3965de392 100644
--- a/acapy_agent/config/tests/test_argparse.py
+++ b/acapy_agent/config/tests/test_argparse.py
@@ -525,10 +525,7 @@ async def test_wallet_key_derivation_method_value_parsing(self):
         group.add_arguments(parser)
 
         result = parser.parse_args(
-            [
-                "--wallet-key-derivation-method",
-                key_derivation_method,
-            ]
+            ["--wallet-key-derivation-method", key_derivation_method, "--wallet-test"]
         )
 
         settings = group.get_settings(result)
@@ -545,6 +542,7 @@ async def test_wallet_key_value_parsing(self):
             [
                 "--wallet-key",
                 key_value,
+                "--wallet-test",
             ]
         )