diff --git a/test/dds/xtypes/TypeLookupServicePublisher.cpp b/test/dds/xtypes/TypeLookupServicePublisher.cpp
index d4442583689..f6649d8dc1e 100644
--- a/test/dds/xtypes/TypeLookupServicePublisher.cpp
+++ b/test/dds/xtypes/TypeLookupServicePublisher.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ bool TypeLookupServicePublisher::setup_publisher(
     // CREATE THE DATAWRITER
     DataWriterQos wqos = publisher->get_default_datawriter_qos();
     wqos.data_sharing().off();
+    wqos.reliability().kind = RELIABLE_RELIABILITY_QOS;
+    wqos.durability().kind = TRANSIENT_LOCAL_DURABILITY_QOS;
     a_type.writer_ = publisher->create_datawriter(topic, wqos);
     if (a_type.writer_ == nullptr)
     {
diff --git a/test/dds/xtypes/TypeLookupServiceSubscriber.cpp b/test/dds/xtypes/TypeLookupServiceSubscriber.cpp
index dd8fb14d244..83e6b8b6540 100644
--- a/test/dds/xtypes/TypeLookupServiceSubscriber.cpp
+++ b/test/dds/xtypes/TypeLookupServiceSubscriber.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ bool TypeLookupServiceSubscriber::setup_subscriber(
     //CREATE THE DATAREADER
     DataReaderQos rqos = subscriber->get_default_datareader_qos();
     rqos.data_sharing().off();
+    rqos.reliability().kind = RELIABLE_RELIABILITY_QOS;
+    rqos.durability().kind = TRANSIENT_LOCAL_DURABILITY_QOS;
     DataReader* reader = subscriber->create_datareader(topic, rqos);
     if (reader == nullptr)
     {