diff --git a/test/unit_tests/braket/test_imports.py b/test/unit_tests/braket/test_imports.py
index a312ccb0e..c832e362d 100644
--- a/test/unit_tests/braket/test_imports.py
+++ b/test/unit_tests/braket/test_imports.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 def test_all_imports():
     modules = get_all_modules_to_test()
     processes = []
+    multiprocessing.set_start_method('spawn')
     for module in modules:
         # We create a separate process to make sure the imports do not interfere with each-other.
         process = multiprocessing.Process(target=import_module, args=(module,))