diff --git a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_milvus.sh b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_milvus.sh
index 6f85d036d2..0de345768b 100644
--- a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_milvus.sh
+++ b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_milvus.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export REGISTRY=${IMAGE_REPO}
 export TAG="comps"
 echo "REGISTRY=IMAGE_REPO=${IMAGE_REPO}"
 echo "TAG=${TAG}"
+export DATA_PATH=${model_cache}
 
 WORKPATH=$(dirname "$PWD")
 LOG_PATH="$WORKPATH/tests"
diff --git a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_neo4j_on_intel_hpu.sh b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_neo4j_on_intel_hpu.sh
index 89adefda8d..5bbee1507e 100644
--- a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_neo4j_on_intel_hpu.sh
+++ b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_neo4j_on_intel_hpu.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export REGISTRY=${IMAGE_REPO}
 export TAG="comps"
 echo "REGISTRY=IMAGE_REPO=${IMAGE_REPO}"
 echo "TAG=${TAG}"
+export DATA_PATH=${model_cache}
 
 WORKPATH=$(dirname "$PWD")
 LOG_PATH="$WORKPATH/tests"
diff --git a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_opensearch.sh b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_opensearch.sh
index 64c94e9b63..33004a05f0 100644
--- a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_opensearch.sh
+++ b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_opensearch.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export REGISTRY=${IMAGE_REPO}
 export TAG="comps"
 echo "REGISTRY=IMAGE_REPO=${IMAGE_REPO}"
 echo "TAG=${TAG}"
+export DATA_PATH=${model_cache}
 
 WORKPATH=$(dirname "$PWD")
 LOG_PATH="$WORKPATH/tests"
diff --git a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_pathway.sh b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_pathway.sh
index 8b6bf3ef89..624901bc61 100644
--- a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_pathway.sh
+++ b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_pathway.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export REGISTRY=${IMAGE_REPO}
 export TAG="comps"
 echo "REGISTRY=IMAGE_REPO=${IMAGE_REPO}"
 echo "TAG=${TAG}"
+export DATA_PATH=${model_cache}
 
 WORKPATH=$(dirname "$PWD")
 LOG_PATH="$WORKPATH/tests"
diff --git a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_vdms.sh b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_vdms.sh
index 9ea798f7b2..e5f208aebd 100644
--- a/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_vdms.sh
+++ b/tests/retrievers/test_retrievers_vdms.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export REGISTRY=${IMAGE_REPO}
 export TAG="comps"
 echo "REGISTRY=IMAGE_REPO=${IMAGE_REPO}"
 echo "TAG=${TAG}"
+export DATA_PATH=${model_cache}
 
 WORKPATH=$(dirname "$PWD")
 LOG_PATH="$WORKPATH/tests"