diff --git a/catalogue/CatalogueTest.cpp b/catalogue/CatalogueTest.cpp
index bcd6684b20ab208f81b05b0eef619549a3bcc6cc..79811873d71bd5cf8451b6b5db080a1cc38bace9 100644
--- a/catalogue/CatalogueTest.cpp
+++ b/catalogue/CatalogueTest.cpp
@@ -7139,7 +7139,7 @@ TEST_P(cta_catalogue_CatalogueTest, lockSchema_unlockSchema_lockSchema) {
 TEST_P(cta_catalogue_CatalogueTest, ping) {
   using namespace cta;
 
-  m_catalogue->ping();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(m_catalogue->ping());
 }
 
 } // namespace unitTests