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diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Cache/Backend/Typo3DatabaseBackendTest.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Cache/Backend/Typo3DatabaseBackendTest.php
index 7c0b2d30765605f2a8529d734929be4c89afd102..df7889ba6162041d34e88b5de573fe700a1848ff 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Cache/Backend/Typo3DatabaseBackendTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Cache/Backend/Typo3DatabaseBackendTest.php
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ use TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Functional\FunctionalTestCase;
 class Typo3DatabaseBackendTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
     use \Prophecy\PhpUnit\ProphecyTrait;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $configurationToUseInTestInstance = [
+        'SYS' => [
+            'caching' => [
+                'cacheConfigurations' => [
+                    // Set pages cache database backend, testing-framework sets this to NullBackend by default.
+                    'pages' => [
+                        'backend' => 'TYPO3\\CMS\\Core\\Cache\\Backend\\Typo3DatabaseBackend',
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ],
+    ];
+
     /**
      * @test
      */
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Cache/Frontend/VariableFrontendTest.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Cache/Frontend/VariableFrontendTest.php
index 933fa5472378311f9fb4d6e813e1554e5043c4f8..7b6ecdbb80058fc17535c7d7475b0c8d49c01024 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Cache/Frontend/VariableFrontendTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Cache/Frontend/VariableFrontendTest.php
@@ -26,6 +26,22 @@ use TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Functional\FunctionalTestCase;
  */
 class VariableFrontendTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $configurationToUseInTestInstance = [
+        'SYS' => [
+            'caching' => [
+                'cacheConfigurations' => [
+                    // Set pages cache database backend, testing-framework sets this to NullBackend by default.
+                    'pages' => [
+                        'backend' => 'TYPO3\\CMS\\Core\\Cache\\Backend\\Typo3DatabaseBackend',
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ],
+    ];
+
     public function insertSerializedArrayIntoLobAndRetrieveItDataProvider(): array
     {
         $arrayToSerialize = [
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Command/CacheFlushCommandTest.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Command/CacheFlushCommandTest.php
index 9cd9586035cb352f091d2ac9bc5a81eebd521a33..61b4c9ffd095b655d94ba583160c642e202b1bfb 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Command/CacheFlushCommandTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Command/CacheFlushCommandTest.php
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@ use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Package\PackageManager;
  */
 class CacheFlushCommandTest extends AbstractCommandTest
 {
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $configurationToUseInTestInstance = [
+        'SYS' => [
+            'caching' => [
+                'cacheConfigurations' => [
+                    // Set pages cache database backend, testing-framework sets this to NullBackend by default.
+                    'pages' => [
+                        'backend' => 'TYPO3\\CMS\\Core\\Cache\\Backend\\Typo3DatabaseBackend',
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ],
+    ];
+
     /**
      * @test
      */