diff --git a/src/TestSuite/TestCase.php b/src/TestSuite/TestCase.php
index 6c0d43b2d1eb..ea8a2aea6901 100644
--- a/src/TestSuite/TestCase.php
+++ b/src/TestSuite/TestCase.php
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ public function getMockForModel(string $alias, ?array $methods = [], array $opti
 
         /** @var \Cake\ORM\Table|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject $mock */
         $mock = $this->getMockBuilder($className)
-            ->setMethods($methods)
+            ->onlyMethods($methods)
             ->setConstructorArgs([$options])
             ->getMock();