diff --git a/presto-product-tests/conf/tempto/tempto-configuration-for-hdp3.yaml b/presto-product-tests/conf/tempto/tempto-configuration-for-hdp3.yaml
index 586655832419..3be838b33579 100644
--- a/presto-product-tests/conf/tempto/tempto-configuration-for-hdp3.yaml
+++ b/presto-product-tests/conf/tempto/tempto-configuration-for-hdp3.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 hdfs:
   webhdfs:
     uri: http://${databases.hive.host}:9870
+
+databases:
+  hive:
+    prepare_statement:
+      - USE ${databases.hive.schema}
+      # Hive 3 gathers stats by default. For test purposes we need to disable this behavior.
+      - SET hive.stats.column.autogather=false
diff --git a/presto-product-tests/src/main/resources/tempto-configuration.yaml b/presto-product-tests/src/main/resources/tempto-configuration.yaml
index e6fcaf576015..b008ce153c50 100644
--- a/presto-product-tests/src/main/resources/tempto-configuration.yaml
+++ b/presto-product-tests/src/main/resources/tempto-configuration.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ databases:
     jdbc_password: na
     jdbc_pooling: false
     schema: default
-    prepare_statement: USE ${databases.hive.schema}
+    prepare_statement:
+      - USE ${databases.hive.schema}
     table_manager_type: hive
     warehouse_directory_path: /user/hive/warehouse
     path: /user/hive/warehouse