diff --git a/pEpObjCTests/PEPInternalSessionTest.m b/pEpObjCTests/PEPInternalSessionTest.m
index fbab37d6..f770d534 100644
--- a/pEpObjCTests/PEPInternalSessionTest.m
+++ b/pEpObjCTests/PEPInternalSessionTest.m
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@
     msg.shortMessage = @"Mail to Myself";
     msg.longMessage = @"This is a text content";
     msg.direction = PEPMsgDirectionOutgoing;
+    msg.attachments = @[];
 
     NSNumber *numRating = [self testOutgoingRatingForMessage:msg session:session error:&error];
     XCTAssertNotNil(numRating);
diff --git a/pEpObjCTests/TestUtils/PEPTestUtils.m b/pEpObjCTests/TestUtils/PEPTestUtils.m
index 97ed0872..dca3ea59 100644
--- a/pEpObjCTests/TestUtils/PEPTestUtils.m
+++ b/pEpObjCTests/TestUtils/PEPTestUtils.m
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ const NSInteger PEPTestInternalSyncTimeout = 20;
     message.direction = outgoing ? PEPMsgDirectionOutgoing : PEPMsgDirectionIncoming;
     message.shortMessage = shortMessage;
     message.longMessage = longMessage;
+    message.attachments = @[];
     return message;
 }