diff --git a/airflow/models/dagbag.py b/airflow/models/dagbag.py
index 8a5557c2c2264..cabc142f31708 100644
--- a/airflow/models/dagbag.py
+++ b/airflow/models/dagbag.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 from airflow.utils.retries import MAX_DB_RETRIES, run_with_db_retries
 from airflow.utils.session import provide_session
 from airflow.utils.timeout import timeout
+from airflow.utils.types import NOTSET, ArgNotSet
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import pathlib
@@ -92,8 +93,8 @@ class DagBag(LoggingMixin):
     def __init__(
         self,
         dag_folder: str | pathlib.Path | None = None,
-        include_examples: bool = conf.getboolean('core', 'LOAD_EXAMPLES'),
-        safe_mode: bool = conf.getboolean('core', 'DAG_DISCOVERY_SAFE_MODE'),
+        include_examples: bool | ArgNotSet = NOTSET,
+        safe_mode: bool | ArgNotSet = NOTSET,
         read_dags_from_db: bool = False,
         store_serialized_dags: bool | None = None,
         load_op_links: bool = True,
@@ -103,6 +104,15 @@ def __init__(
 
         super().__init__()
 
+        include_examples = (
+            include_examples
+            if isinstance(include_examples, bool)
+            else conf.getboolean('core', 'LOAD_EXAMPLES')
+        )
+        safe_mode = (
+            safe_mode if isinstance(safe_mode, bool) else conf.getboolean('core', 'DAG_DISCOVERY_SAFE_MODE')
+        )
+
         if store_serialized_dags:
             warnings.warn(
                 "The store_serialized_dags parameter has been deprecated. "
diff --git a/tests/cli/conftest.py b/tests/cli/conftest.py
index 0a2c062c66436..67de520c38b5d 100644
--- a/tests/cli/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/cli/conftest.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from airflow import models
 from airflow.cli import cli_parser
 from airflow.executors import celery_executor, celery_kubernetes_executor
+from tests.test_utils.config import conf_vars
 
 # Create custom executors here because conftest is imported first
 custom_executor_module = type(sys)('custom_executor')
@@ -36,6 +37,12 @@
 sys.modules['custom_executor'] = custom_executor_module
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def load_examples():
+    with conf_vars({('core', 'load_examples'): 'True'}):
+        yield
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def dagbag():
     return models.DagBag(include_examples=True)
diff --git a/tests/jobs/test_scheduler_job.py b/tests/jobs/test_scheduler_job.py
index 4284bf02d9695..81fd6a3017797 100644
--- a/tests/jobs/test_scheduler_job.py
+++ b/tests/jobs/test_scheduler_job.py
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ def dagbag():
     return DagBag(read_dags_from_db=True)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def load_examples():
+    with conf_vars({('core', 'load_examples'): 'True'}):
+        yield
+
+
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("disable_load_example")
 @pytest.mark.need_serialized_dag
 class TestSchedulerJob:
@@ -4014,7 +4020,7 @@ def test_find_zombies_nothing(self):
 
             self.scheduler_job.executor.callback_sink.send.assert_not_called()
 
-    def test_find_zombies(self):
+    def test_find_zombies(self, load_examples):
         dagbag = DagBag(TEST_DAG_FOLDER, read_dags_from_db=False)
         with create_session() as session:
             session.query(LocalTaskJob).delete()
@@ -4072,7 +4078,7 @@ def test_find_zombies(self):
             session.query(TaskInstance).delete()
             session.query(LocalTaskJob).delete()
 
-    def test_zombie_message(self):
+    def test_zombie_message(self, load_examples):
         """
         Check that the zombie message comes out as expected
         """