diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseClientImplTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseClientImplTest.java
index 0a90e5bdcd5f..22865dc427d2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseClientImplTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseClientImplTest.java
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ public void testPartitionedDmlDoesNotTimeout() throws Exception {
       DatabaseClient client =
           spanner.getDatabaseClient(DatabaseId.of("[PROJECT]", "[INSTANCE]", "[DATABASE]"));
 
+      assertThat(
+          spanner.getOptions().getPartitionedDmlTimeout(), is(equalTo(Duration.ofHours(2L))));
+
       // PDML should not timeout with these settings.
       long updateCount = client.executePartitionedUpdate(UPDATE_STATEMENT);
       assertThat(updateCount, is(equalTo(UPDATE_COUNT)));
@@ -228,6 +231,9 @@ public void testPartitionedDmlWithTimeout() throws Exception {
       DatabaseClient client =
           spanner.getDatabaseClient(DatabaseId.of("[PROJECT]", "[INSTANCE]", "[DATABASE]"));
 
+      assertThat(
+          spanner.getOptions().getPartitionedDmlTimeout(), is(equalTo(Duration.ofMillis(1L))));
+
       // PDML should timeout with these settings.
       try {
         client.executePartitionedUpdate(UPDATE_STATEMENT);