diff --git a/Control/xAODRootAccess/test/ut_xaodrootaccess_tauxstore_test.cxx b/Control/xAODRootAccess/test/ut_xaodrootaccess_tauxstore_test.cxx
index fcb1afa9762e32d2feca908b347c81cb2372221e..c4df6760bdba272779e45774da11bf0a3b9603f4 100644
--- a/Control/xAODRootAccess/test/ut_xaodrootaccess_tauxstore_test.cxx
+++ b/Control/xAODRootAccess/test/ut_xaodrootaccess_tauxstore_test.cxx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2024 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
+#undef NDEBUG
+
 // System include(s):
 #include <memory>