diff --git a/analysis/test/golden_test.sh b/analysis/test/golden_test.sh
index 9a4c6f5be4..41b47aace0 100755
--- a/analysis/test/golden_test.sh
+++ b/analysis/test/golden_test.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ validate() {
 check_sonar() {
   echo " -- expect SonarImporter gives valid cc.json"
   ACTUAL_SONAR_JSON="${INSTALL_DIR}/actual_sonarimport.json"
-  "${CCSH}" sonarimport data/codecharta/sonar.xml -o "${ACTUAL_SONAR_JSON}"
+  "${CCSH}" sonarimport data/codecharta/sonar.xml -l --old-api -o "${ACTUAL_SONAR_JSON}"
   validate "${ACTUAL_SONAR_JSON}"
 }