diff --git a/pkg/handlers/generic/mutation/controlplanevirtualip/inject_test.go b/pkg/handlers/generic/mutation/controlplanevirtualip/inject_test.go
index af87ba38c..71981c194 100644
--- a/pkg/handlers/generic/mutation/controlplanevirtualip/inject_test.go
+++ b/pkg/handlers/generic/mutation/controlplanevirtualip/inject_test.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Generate ControlPlane virtual IP patches", func() {
 			cluster: &clusterv1.Cluster{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      request.ClusterName,
-					Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
+					Namespace: request.Namespace,
 				},
 				Spec: clusterv1.ClusterSpec{
 					Topology: &clusterv1.Topology{
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Generate ControlPlane virtual IP patches", func() {
 			cluster: &clusterv1.Cluster{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      request.ClusterName,
-					Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
+					Namespace: request.Namespace,
 				},
 				Spec: clusterv1.ClusterSpec{
 					Topology: &clusterv1.Topology{
diff --git a/pkg/handlers/generic/mutation/extraapiservercertsans/inject_test.go b/pkg/handlers/generic/mutation/extraapiservercertsans/inject_test.go
index b60607d6d..68eb8e52c 100644
--- a/pkg/handlers/generic/mutation/extraapiservercertsans/inject_test.go
+++ b/pkg/handlers/generic/mutation/extraapiservercertsans/inject_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Generate Extra API server certificate patches", func() {
 			cluster: clusterv1.Cluster{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      "test-cluster",
-					Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
+					Namespace: request.Namespace,
 					Labels: map[string]string{
 						clusterv1.ProviderNameLabel: "aws",
 					},
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Generate Extra API server certificate patches", func() {
 			cluster: clusterv1.Cluster{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      "test-cluster",
-					Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
+					Namespace: request.Namespace,
 					Labels: map[string]string{
 						clusterv1.ProviderNameLabel: "docker",
 					},
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Generate Extra API server certificate patches", func() {
 			cluster: clusterv1.Cluster{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      "test-cluster",
-					Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
+					Namespace: request.Namespace,
 					Labels: map[string]string{
 						clusterv1.ProviderNameLabel: "nutanix",
 					},