diff --git a/packages/component-invite/src/tests/collectionsInvitations/post.test.js b/packages/component-invite/src/tests/collectionsInvitations/post.test.js
index c2f73095391b8869e6cd0b7167af6bc10faa9e23..de48dc4f84033d9090d303bd4ce1563c1298a992 100644
--- a/packages/component-invite/src/tests/collectionsInvitations/post.test.js
+++ b/packages/component-invite/src/tests/collectionsInvitations/post.test.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ describe('Post collections invitations route handler', () => {
   it('should return success when the editor in chief invites a handlingEditor with a collection', async () => {
     const { user, editorInChief } = testFixtures.users
     const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
+    collection.status = 'submitted'
 
     body = {
       email: user.email,
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ describe('Post collections invitations route handler', () => {
   it('should return success when the EiC resends an invitation to a handlingEditor with a collection', async () => {
     const { handlingEditor, editorInChief } = testFixtures.users
     const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
+    collection.status = 'submitted'
+
     body = {
       email: handlingEditor.email,
       role: 'handlingEditor',
@@ -128,6 +131,8 @@ describe('Post collections invitations route handler', () => {
   it('should return an error when the invitation is already answered', async () => {
     const { answerHE, editorInChief } = testFixtures.users
     const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
+    collection.status = 'submitted'
+
     body = {
       email: answerHE.email,
       role: 'handlingEditor',