diff --git a/tests/unit_test.py b/tests/unit_test.py
index ba937d873..fd0be3dfd 100644
--- a/tests/unit_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit_test.py
@@ -2619,6 +2619,10 @@ def test_generate_tls_cert(mocker):
     test the function codeflare_sdk.utils.generate_ca_cert generates the correct outputs
     """
     mocker.patch("kubernetes.config.load_kube_config", return_value="ignore")
+    mocker.patch(
+        "codeflare_sdk.utils.generate_cert.get_secret_name",
+        return_value="ca-secret-cluster",
+    )
     mocker.patch(
         "kubernetes.client.CoreV1Api.read_namespaced_secret",
         side_effect=secret_ca_retreival,