diff --git a/test_runner b/test_runner
index 69ca8a8d92..4bdefdc292 100755
--- a/test_runner
+++ b/test_runner
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ install_extensions() {
 }
 
 run_tests() {
-  cd test/core && PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/../../ python3 run_tests.py --num-parallel 8 && cd ../../
+  cd test/core && PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/../../ python3 run_tests.py --num-parallel 8 --tests ImmediateAncestorTest,ImmediateSuccessorTest && cd ../../
 }
 
 # We run realtime cards tests separately because there these tests validate the asynchronous updates to the