diff --git a/pkg/serdes/avro_serialization_provider.go b/pkg/serdes/avro_serialization_provider.go
index f21ef133f4..0b93ef95b9 100644
--- a/pkg/serdes/avro_serialization_provider.go
+++ b/pkg/serdes/avro_serialization_provider.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (a *AvroSerializationProvider) Serialize(topic, message string) ([]byte, er
 	// Passing the Go native object directly could cause issues during ruleSet execution
 	v, ok := object.(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to serialize message: unexpected message type asserion result")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to serialize message: unexpected message type assertion result")
 	}
 	payload, err := a.ser.Serialize(topic, &v)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/serdes/serdes_test.go b/pkg/serdes/serdes_test.go
index 066f60b790..613210ff87 100644
--- a/pkg/serdes/serdes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/serdes/serdes_test.go
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func TestAvroSerdesValidWithRuleSet(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Setenv(localKmsSecretMacro, localKmsSecretValueDefault)
 
 	schemaString := `{"type":"record","name":"myRecord","fields":[{"name":"f1","type":"string","confluent:tags": ["PII"]}]}`
-	schemaPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "avro-schema.txt")
+	schemaPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "avro-schema-ruleset.txt")
 	req.NoError(os.WriteFile(schemaPath, []byte(schemaString), 0644))
 
 	expectedString := `{"f1":"this is a confidential message in AVRO schema"}`
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func TestJsonSerdesReference(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Prepare main schema information
 	schemaString := `{"type":"object","properties":{"f1":{"$ref":"RefSchema"}},"required":["f1"]}`
-	schemaPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "json-schema.json")
+	schemaPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "json-schema-main.json")
 	req.NoError(os.WriteFile(schemaPath, []byte(schemaString), 0644))
 
 	// Read references from local reference schema file