diff --git a/network/network_helpers_test.go b/network/network_helpers_test.go
index 6cc09526..766c0315 100644
--- a/network/network_helpers_test.go
+++ b/network/network_helpers_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func CollectAndComparePrometheusMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			gatewayd_bytes_sent_to_server_sum 282
 			gatewayd_bytes_sent_to_server_count 5
 			gatewayd_client_connections 1
-			gatewayd_plugin_hooks_executed_total 10
+			gatewayd_plugin_hooks_executed_total 11
 			gatewayd_plugin_hooks_registered_total 0
 			gatewayd_plugins_loaded_total 0
 			gatewayd_proxied_connections 1
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ func CollectAndComparePrometheusMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			gatewayd_server_connections 5
 			gatewayd_traffic_bytes_sum 182
 			gatewayd_traffic_bytes_count 4
+			gatewayd_server_ticks_fired_total 1
 		`
 
 		metrics = []string{
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ func CollectAndComparePrometheusMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			"gatewayd_proxy_passthroughs_total",
 			"gatewayd_server_connections",
 			"gatewayd_traffic_bytes",
+			"gatewayd_server_ticks_fired_total",
 		}
 	)
 	assert.NoError(t,
diff --git a/network/server_test.go b/network/server_test.go
index 3c2f62b4..79da4e57 100644
--- a/network/server_test.go
+++ b/network/server_test.go
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ func TestRunServer(t *testing.T) {
 			gnet.WithMulticore(false),
 			gnet.WithReuseAddr(true),
 			gnet.WithReusePort(true),
+			gnet.WithTicker(true), // Enable ticker.
 		},
 		proxy,
 		logger,