diff --git a/spp_metric/README.rst b/spp_metric/README.rst
index 3af938bee..c9a57ff85 100644
--- a/spp_metric/README.rst
+++ b/spp_metric/README.rst
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@ Dependencies
 Changelog
 =========
 
+19.0.2.0.1
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- test(metric): make the tests hold on a database that has
+  ``spp_indicator`` installed, the only place they run at all (they skip
+  without ``spp.indicator``, so they had never executed before the
+  full-stack CI). The base-model tests create their ``spp.cel.variable``
+  with the fields the model has — ``cel_expression`` and the required
+  ``cel_accessor``, no ``label``, which only ``spp_studio`` adds — and
+  the category test uses a code no data file claims, since
+  ``spp_indicator`` seeds ``demographics``. No behaviour change (#443)
+
 19.0.2.0.0
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/spp_metric/__manifest__.py b/spp_metric/__manifest__.py
index 7f6d2b0c3..73c8dd1a3 100644
--- a/spp_metric/__manifest__.py
+++ b/spp_metric/__manifest__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "name": "OpenSPP Metric",
     "summary": "Unified metric foundation for indicators and simulations",
     "category": "OpenSPP",
-    "version": "19.0.2.0.0",
+    "version": "19.0.2.0.1",
     "sequence": 1,
     "author": "OpenSPP.org",
     "website": "https://github.com/OpenSPP/OpenSPP2",
diff --git a/spp_metric/readme/HISTORY.md b/spp_metric/readme/HISTORY.md
index 4aaf9afef..cb1ba8117 100644
--- a/spp_metric/readme/HISTORY.md
+++ b/spp_metric/readme/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 19.0.2.0.1
+
+- test(metric): make the tests hold on a database that has `spp_indicator` installed, the only place they run at all (they skip without `spp.indicator`, so they had never executed before the full-stack CI). The base-model tests create their `spp.cel.variable` with the fields the model has — `cel_expression` and the required `cel_accessor`, no `label`, which only `spp_studio` adds — and the category test uses a code no data file claims, since `spp_indicator` seeds `demographics`. No behaviour change (#443)
+
 ### 19.0.2.0.0
 
 - Initial migration to OpenSPP2
diff --git a/spp_metric/tests/test_metric_base.py b/spp_metric/tests/test_metric_base.py
index 68b89b7ca..553420510 100644
--- a/spp_metric/tests/test_metric_base.py
+++ b/spp_metric/tests/test_metric_base.py
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ def test_metric_base_default_values(self):
         variable = self.env["spp.cel.variable"].create(
             {
                 "name": "test_var",
-                "label": "Test Variable",
+                "cel_accessor": "test_var",
                 "source_type": "computed",
                 "state": "active",
-                "expression": "1 + 1",
+                "cel_expression": "1 + 1",
             }
         )
 
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ def test_metric_base_category_assignment(self):
         variable = self.env["spp.cel.variable"].create(
             {
                 "name": "test_var_2",
-                "label": "Test Variable 2",
+                "cel_accessor": "test_var_2",
                 "source_type": "computed",
                 "state": "active",
-                "expression": "2 + 2",
+                "cel_expression": "2 + 2",
             }
         )
 
diff --git a/spp_metric/tests/test_metric_category.py b/spp_metric/tests/test_metric_category.py
index 523ca610b..5a7e97744 100644
--- a/spp_metric/tests/test_metric_category.py
+++ b/spp_metric/tests/test_metric_category.py
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ def test_create_category(self):
         """Test creating a metric category."""
         category = self.env["spp.metric.category"].create(
             {
-                "name": "Demographics",
-                "code": "demographics",
+                "name": "Test Demographics",
+                # A code no data file claims: spp_indicator seeds "demographics"
+                # and the unique constraint would refuse a second row.
+                "code": "test_demographics",
                 "description": "Demographic statistics",
                 "sequence": 10,
             }
         )
 
-        self.assertEqual(category.name, "Demographics")
-        self.assertEqual(category.code, "demographics")
+        self.assertEqual(category.name, "Test Demographics")
+        self.assertEqual(category.code, "test_demographics")
         self.assertTrue(category.active)
 
     def test_category_code_unique(self):