diff --git a/requirements/extras/test_requirements.txt b/requirements/extras/test_requirements.txt
index 8bdd7c8ae3..92273f2c9a 100644
--- a/requirements/extras/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/extras/test_requirements.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ nbformat>=5.9,<6
 accelerate>=0.24.1,<=0.27.0
 schema==0.7.5
 tensorflow>=2.16.2,<=2.18.0
-mlflow>=2.12.2,<2.13
+mlflow>=2.14.2,<3
 huggingface_hub==0.26.2
 uvicorn>=0.30.1
 fastapi==0.115.4
diff --git a/tests/unit/sagemaker/mlflow/test_forward_sagemaker_metrics.py b/tests/unit/sagemaker/mlflow/test_forward_sagemaker_metrics.py
index 4b53c93ad4..14502880c3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sagemaker/mlflow/test_forward_sagemaker_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/unit/sagemaker/mlflow/test_forward_sagemaker_metrics.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def mock_mlflow_client():
 def test_encode():
     existing_names = set()
     assert encode("test-name", existing_names) == "test-name"
-    assert encode("test:name", existing_names) == "test_3a_name"
+    assert encode("test:name", existing_names) == "test:name"
     assert encode("test-name", existing_names) == "test-name_1"
 
 
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ def getenv_side_effect(arg, default=None):
             spec=requests.Response
         ),
         "https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/create": Mock(spec=requests.Response),
+        "https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/update": Mock(spec=requests.Response),
         "https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/log-batch": [
             Mock(spec=requests.Response),
             Mock(spec=requests.Response),
@@ -211,6 +212,11 @@ def getenv_side_effect(arg, default=None):
         {"run_id": "test_run_id"}
     )
 
+    mock_responses["https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/update"].status_code = 200
+    mock_responses["https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/update"].text = json.dumps(
+        {"run_id": "test_run_id"}
+    )
+
     for mock_response in mock_responses["https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/log-batch"]:
         mock_response.status_code = 200
         mock_response.text = json.dumps({})
@@ -221,6 +227,7 @@ def getenv_side_effect(arg, default=None):
     mock_request.side_effect = [
         mock_responses["https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/experiments/get-by-name"],
         mock_responses["https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/create"],
+        mock_responses["https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/update"],
         *mock_responses["https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/log-batch"],
         mock_responses["https://test.sagemaker.aws/api/2.0/mlflow/runs/terminate"],
     ]
@@ -231,7 +238,7 @@ def getenv_side_effect(arg, default=None):
 
     log_to_mlflow(metrics, params, tags)
 
-    assert mock_request.call_count == 6  # Total number of API calls
+    assert mock_request.call_count == 7  # Total number of API calls
 
 
 @patch("sagemaker.mlflow.forward_sagemaker_metrics.get_training_job_details")