diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/resources/unified-test-format/load-balancers/non-lb-connection-establishment.json b/driver-core/src/test/resources/unified-test-format/load-balancers/non-lb-connection-establishment.json
index f4fed13cc2..6aaa7bdf98 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/test/resources/unified-test-format/load-balancers/non-lb-connection-establishment.json
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/resources/unified-test-format/load-balancers/non-lb-connection-establishment.json
@@ -57,19 +57,6 @@
   "tests": [
     {
       "description": "operations against non-load balanced clusters fail if URI contains loadBalanced=true",
-      "runOnRequirements": [
-        {
-          "maxServerVersion": "8.0.99",
-          "topologies": [
-            "single"
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "topologies": [
-            "sharded"
-          ]
-        }
-      ],
       "operations": [
         {
           "name": "runCommand",
diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/resources/unified-test-format/load-balancers/transactions.json b/driver-core/src/test/resources/unified-test-format/load-balancers/transactions.json
index 0dd04ee854..ca9c145217 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/test/resources/unified-test-format/load-balancers/transactions.json
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/resources/unified-test-format/load-balancers/transactions.json
@@ -1616,6 +1616,50 @@
           ]
         }
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "pinned connection is released when session ended",
+      "operations": [
+        {
+          "name": "startTransaction",
+          "object": "session0"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "insertOne",
+          "object": "collection0",
+          "arguments": {
+            "document": {
+              "x": 1
+            },
+            "session": "session0"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "commitTransaction",
+          "object": "session0"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "endSession",
+          "object": "session0"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectEvents": [
+        {
+          "client": "client0",
+          "eventType": "cmap",
+          "events": [
+            {
+              "connectionReadyEvent": {}
+            },
+            {
+              "connectionCheckedOutEvent": {}
+            },
+            {
+              "connectionCheckedInEvent": {}
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }