diff --git a/tests/run_tests.py b/tests/run_tests.py
index 689b8b3888660a2e1987a23ad9ae7fca76095dc7..e9b3ec39e1489d1dd05666500757443103f256b0 100644
--- a/tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tests/run_tests.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ print("Working directory for test execution: " + os.getcwd(), flush=True)
 
 # call ctest
 ctest = subprocess.run(
-    [ctest_executable, "-C", "Debug", "--no-tests=error", "--no-compress-output", "--output-on-failure","--gtest_output=xml:report.xml"])
+    [ctest_executable, "-C", "Debug", "--no-tests=error", "--no-compress-output", "--output-on-failure","--output-junit report.xml"])
 
 print("Return Code: ", ctest.returncode)