diff --git a/src/components/KAlert/KAlert.cy.ts b/src/components/KAlert/KAlert.cy.ts
index ef497d4653..a85cd6e0b4 100644
--- a/src/components/KAlert/KAlert.cy.ts
+++ b/src/components/KAlert/KAlert.cy.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+import { h } from 'vue'
 import { mount } from 'cypress/vue'
 import KAlert from '@/components/KAlert/KAlert.vue'
 import { AlertAppearances } from '@/types'
 
-const rendersCorrectVariant = (variant) => {
+const rendersCorrectVariant = (variant: string) => {
   it(`renders ${variant} variant`, () => {
     mount(KAlert, {
       props: {
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ describe('KAlert', () => {
         message,
       },
       slots: {
-        default: `<span data-testid="default-slot-content">${defaultSlotContent}</span>`,
+        default: h('span', {}, defaultSlotContent),
       },
     })
 
@@ -93,13 +94,17 @@ describe('KAlert', () => {
   })
 
   it('displays icon passed through icon slot', () => {
+    const iconSlotContent = 'icon slot content'
+    const testId = 'slotted-icon'
+
     mount(KAlert, {
       slots: {
-        icon: '<img data-testid="slotted-icon" src="https://via.placeholder.com/24" />',
+        icon: h('div', { 'data-testid': testId }, iconSlotContent),
       },
     })
 
-    cy.get('.alert-icon-container').findTestId('slotted-icon').should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('.alert-icon-container').findTestId(testId).should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('.alert-icon-container').findTestId(testId).should('contain.text', iconSlotContent)
   })
 
   it('emits dismiss event when dismiss button is clicked', () => {
diff --git a/src/components/KEmptyState/KEmptyState.cy.ts b/src/components/KEmptyState/KEmptyState.cy.ts
index ccf53c6848..850206528c 100644
--- a/src/components/KEmptyState/KEmptyState.cy.ts
+++ b/src/components/KEmptyState/KEmptyState.cy.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { h } from 'vue'
 import { mount } from 'cypress/vue'
 import KEmptyState from '@/components/KEmptyState/KEmptyState.vue'
 
@@ -73,27 +74,32 @@ describe('KEmptyState', () => {
 
   it('displays content passed through default slot correctly', () => {
     const content = 'Content'
+    const testId = 'slotted-message'
 
     mount(KEmptyState, {
       props: {
         message: 'Message',
       },
       slots: {
-        default: `<span data-testid="slotted-message">${content}</span>`,
+        default: h('span', { 'data-testid': testId }, content),
       },
     })
 
-    cy.get('.empty-state-message').findTestId('slotted-message').should('be.visible').should('contain', content)
+    cy.get('.empty-state-message').findTestId(testId).should('be.visible').should('contain', content)
   })
 
   it('displays icon passed through icon slot', () => {
+    const iconSlotContent = 'icon slot content'
+    const testId = 'slotted-icon'
+
     mount(KEmptyState, {
       slots: {
-        icon: '<img data-testid="slotted-icon" src="https://via.placeholder.com/36" />',
+        icon: h('div', { 'data-testid': testId }, iconSlotContent),
       },
     })
 
-    cy.get('.empty-state-icon').findTestId('slotted-icon').should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('.empty-state-icon').findTestId(testId).should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('.empty-state-icon').findTestId(testId).should('contain.text', iconSlotContent)
   })
 
   it('emits event when action button is clicked', () => {