diff --git a/test/unit/settings_test.py b/test/unit/settings_test.py
index 8eb3c093e2..9b219e04a7 100644
--- a/test/unit/settings_test.py
+++ b/test/unit/settings_test.py
@@ -132,21 +132,18 @@ def test_860m(self):
 class TestEiaSettings:
     """Test pydantic model that validates EIA datasets."""
 
-    # def test_eia923_dependency(self):
-    #     """Test 860 is added if 923 is specified and 860 is not."""
-    #     eia923_settings = Eia923Settings()
-    #     settings = EiaSettings(eia923=eia923_settings)
-    #     data_source = DataSource.from_id("eia860")
-
-    #     assert settings.eia860
-
-    #     assert settings.eia860.years == data_source.working_partitions["years"]
-
-    # def test_eia860_dependency(self):
-    #     """Test 923 tables are added to eia860 if 923 is not specified."""
-    #     eia860_settings = Eia860Settings()
-    #     settings = EiaSettings(eia860=eia860_settings)
-    #     assert settings.eia923.years == eia860_settings.years
+    def test_eia923_dependency(self):
+        """Test that there is some overlap between EIA860 and EIA923 data."""
+        settings = EiaSettings()
+        data_source = DataSource.from_id("eia860")
+        assert settings.eia860
+        # assign both EIA form years
+        eia860_years = settings.eia860.years
+        eia923_years_partition = data_source.working_partitions["years"]
+        eia923_years_settings = settings.eia923.years
+        # assert that there is some overlap between EIA years
+        assert not set(eia860_years).isdisjoint(eia923_years_partition)
+        assert not set(eia860_years).isdisjoint(eia923_years_settings)
 
 
 class TestDatasetsSettings: