diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/databasedownload/LocalDBDownloadServiceTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/databasedownload/LocalDBDownloadServiceTest.java
index 784779639e..2af7846875 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/databasedownload/LocalDBDownloadServiceTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/databasedownload/LocalDBDownloadServiceTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class LocalDBDownloadServiceTest {
     private LocalDBDownloadService downloadThroughLocalPath;
 
     @Test
-    void initiateDownloadTest() {
+    void initiateDownloadTest() throws IOException {
         createFolder(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "Maxmind");
         generateSampleFiles(srcDir, 5);