diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/oozie/service/TestProxyUserService.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/oozie/service/TestProxyUserService.java
index 47affc2..576a3c2 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/oozie/service/TestProxyUserService.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/oozie/service/TestProxyUserService.java
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
         conf.set(Services.CONF_SERVICE_CLASSES, StringUtils.join(",", Arrays.asList(GroupsService.class.getName(),
                                                                                     ProxyUserService.class.getName())));
         conf.set("oozie.service.ProxyUserService.proxyuser.foo.hosts", "localhost");
-        conf.set("oozie.service.ProxyUserService.proxyuser.foo.groups", "nobody");
+        conf.set("oozie.service.ProxyUserService.proxyuser.foo.groups", "invalidgroup");
         services.init();
         try {
             ProxyUserService proxyUser = services.get(ProxyUserService.class);
diff --git a/release-log.txt b/release-log.txt
index eb4793a..3d5f528 100644
--- a/release-log.txt
+++ b/release-log.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 -- Oozie 5.2.0 release (trunk - unreleased)
 
+OOZIE-3510 TestProxyUserService.testInvalidGroup fails if executed by nobody (asalamon74 via kmarton)
 OOZIE-3499 [Java 11] Fix TestLiteWorkflowAppParser (kmarton via asalamon74)
 OOZIE-3503 TestJavaActionExecutor.testSubmitWithLauncherQueue unit test failure (asalamon74 via kmarton)
 OOZIE-3489 TestBulkWorkflowXCommand.testbulkWfKillSuccess is flaky (asalamon74 via kmarton)