diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_node_options.cpp b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_node_options.cpp
index 2afc3a0406..41159b3a25 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_node_options.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_node_options.cpp
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ TEST(TestNodeOptions, copy) {
     // We separate attribute modification from variable initialisation (copy assignment operator)
     // to be sure the "non_default_options"'s properties are correctly set before testing the
     // assignment operator.
+    rclcpp::init(0, nullptr);
     rclcpp::Node node("time_sink__test_node");
     auto non_default_options = rclcpp::NodeOptions();
     non_default_options
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ TEST(TestNodeOptions, copy) {
     EXPECT_EQ(non_default_options.automatically_declare_parameters_from_overrides(),
       copied_options.automatically_declare_parameters_from_overrides());
     EXPECT_EQ(non_default_options.time_source(), copied_options.time_source());
+    rclcpp::shutdown();
   }
 }