diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/suite_test.go b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/suite_test.go
index efedb3b988d..d9f42227858 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/suite_test.go
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/suite_test.go
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 		Client: mgr.GetClient(),
 		Log:    ctrl.Log.WithName("controllers").WithName("notebook-controller"),
 		Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
+		Namespace: odhNotebookControllerTestNamespace,
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr)
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())