diff --git a/test/tap/tests_with_deps/deprecate_eof_support/fwd_eof_query.cpp b/test/tap/tests_with_deps/deprecate_eof_support/fwd_eof_query.cpp
index 5eb35f4c6..903dd54f3 100644
--- a/test/tap/tests_with_deps/deprecate_eof_support/fwd_eof_query.cpp
+++ b/test/tap/tests_with_deps/deprecate_eof_support/fwd_eof_query.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#include "../deps/json/json.hpp"
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+#define PROXYJSON
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>