diff --git a/Gems/AssetValidation/Code/Tests/AssetValidationTestShared.h b/Gems/AssetValidation/Code/Tests/AssetValidationTestShared.h
index 408eb36022..d67260de3e 100644
--- a/Gems/AssetValidation/Code/Tests/AssetValidationTestShared.h
+++ b/Gems/AssetValidation/Code/Tests/AssetValidationTestShared.h
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ struct AssetValidationTest
             auto projectPathKey = AZ::SettingsRegistryInterface::FixedValueString(AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::BootstrapSettingsRootKey)
                 + "/project_path";
             m_registry.Set(projectPathKey, "AutomatedTesting");
+            AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::MergeSettingsToRegistry_AddRuntimeFilePaths(m_registry);
 
             // Set the engine root to the temporary directory and re-update the runtime file paths
             auto enginePathKey = AZ::SettingsRegistryInterface::FixedValueString(AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::BootstrapSettingsRootKey)