diff --git a/test/sharness/t0027-rotate.sh b/test/sharness/t0027-rotate.sh
index c7e8dbdd1c2a..e14ad3530d4d 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0027-rotate.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0027-rotate.sh
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ test_launch_ipfs_daemon
 test_expect_success "publish name with new and old keys" '
 echo "hello world" > msg &&
 ipfs add msg | cut -d " " -f2 | tr -d "\n" > msg_hash &&
-ipfs name publish --allow-offline --key=self $(cat msg_hash) &&
-ipfs name publish --allow-offline --key=oldkey $(cat msg_hash)
+ipfs name publish --offline --allow-offline --key=self $(cat msg_hash) &&
+ipfs name publish --offline --allow-offline --key=oldkey $(cat msg_hash)
 '
 
 test_kill_ipfs_daemon