diff --git a/internal/fullnode/build_pods_test.go b/internal/fullnode/build_pods_test.go
index a569567e..66e1ac56 100644
--- a/internal/fullnode/build_pods_test.go
+++ b/internal/fullnode/build_pods_test.go
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ func TestBuildPods(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Spec: cosmosv1.FullNodeSpec{
 				Replicas: 6,
+				Ordinal:  cosmosv1.Ordinal{Start: 2},
 			},
 			Status: cosmosv1.FullNodeStatus{
 				ScheduledSnapshotStatus: map[string]cosmosv1.FullNodeSnapshotStatus{
@@ -123,9 +124,6 @@ func TestBuildPods(t *testing.T) {
 					"some.scheduled.snapshot.ignored": {PodCandidate: "agoric-99"},
 				},
 			},
-			Ordinal: cosmosv1.Ordinal{
-				Start: 2,
-			},
 		}
 
 		pods, err := BuildPods(crd, nil)