diff --git a/velox/exec/tests/SpillTest.cpp b/velox/exec/tests/SpillTest.cpp
index 4a8d75a1d6141..b52b02c590cf4 100644
--- a/velox/exec/tests/SpillTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/exec/tests/SpillTest.cpp
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ TEST_P(SpillTest, multipleSortKeys) {
         1 << 20, testData.mergePrefixComparatorEnabled, pool(), &spillStats_);
     ASSERT_TRUE(merge != nullptr);
 
-    const auto testMerge = [] {
+    const auto testMerge = [&] {
       for (auto i = 0; i < timeValues.size(); ++i) {
         auto* stream = merge->next();
         ASSERT_NE(stream, nullptr);