diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_kustomize/defaults/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_kustomize/defaults/main.yml
index bc7e6fbe63..32face2d41 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_kustomize/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_kustomize/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ---
 test_namespace: "kustomize"
+proxy_port: 8888
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_kustomize/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_kustomize/tasks/main.yml
index 055fa2e434..b623b45ca5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_kustomize/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_kustomize/tasks/main.yml
@@ -100,53 +100,49 @@
         suffix: .testkustomize
       register: _tmp_dir_kustomize
 
-    # - name: Create a base directory
-    #   ansible.builtin.file:
-    #     path: "{{ _tmp_dir_kustomize.path }}/base"
-    #     state: directory
-    #     mode: '0755'
-
     - name: Download helloWorld example
       ansible.builtin.get_url:
-        url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/examples/helloWorld/{{ item }}.yaml"
+        url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/refs/heads/master/examples/loadHttp/kustomization.yaml"
         dest: "{{ _tmp_dir_kustomize.path }}"
-      with_items:
-      - configMap
-      - deployment
-      - kustomization
-      - service
 
-    - name: Replace label in kustomization.yaml
+    - name: Run tinyproxy in docker
       # Replace the 'app: hello' with 'app: ${TEST_APP}'
-      ansible.builtin.replace:
-        path: "{{ _tmp_dir_kustomize.path }}/kustomization.yaml"
-        regexp: 'app: hello'
-        replace: 'app: ${TEST_APP}'
+      ansible.builtin.command: "docker run --rm -d -p {{ proxy_port }}:8888 --name=tinyproxy dannydirect/tinyproxy"
 
     - name: Test kustomize lookup plugin with environment variables in the string format
       set_fact:
-        resource_kustomize: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=_tmp_dir_kustomize.path, environment='TEST_APP=testpassed VAR2=Flase') }}"
+        resource_kustomize: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=_tmp_dir_kustomize.path, environment='HTTPS_PROXY=http://localhost:8888 VAR2=Flase') }}"
 
     - ansible.builtin.debug:
         var: resource_kustomize
 
-    - name: Assest that TEST_APP is replaced with testpassed
-      assert:
-        that: "'app: testpassed' in resource_kustomize.string"
-        fail_msg: "kustomize lookup plugin with environment variables in the string format failed"
-
     - name: Test kustomize lookup plugin with environment variables in the list format
       set_fact:
-        resource_kustomize: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=_tmp_dir_kustomize.path, environment={TEST_APP=testpassed, VAR2=Flase}) }}"
+        resource_kustomize: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=_tmp_dir_kustomize.path, environment={HTTPS_PROXY=http://localhost:8888, VAR2=Flase}) }}"
 
     - ansible.builtin.debug:
         var: resource_kustomize
 
-    - name: Assest that TEST_APP is replaced with testpassed
-      assert:
-        that: "'app: testpassed' in resource_kustomize.string"
-        fail_msg: "kustomize lookup plugin with environment variables in the list format failed"
+    - name: Stop tinyproxy
+      ansible.builtin.command: "docker stop tinyproxy"
 
+    - name: Ensure kustomize lookup plugin fail with proxy down
+      set_fact:
+        resource_kustomize: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=_tmp_dir_kustomize.path, environment='HTTPS_PROXY=http://localhost:{{ proxy_port }} VAR2=Flase') }}"
+      ignore_errors: true
+      register: result
+
+    - ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: result
+
+    - name: Ensure kustomize lookup plugin fail with proxy down
+      set_fact:
+        resource_kustomize: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=_tmp_dir_kustomize.path, environment={HTTPS_PROXY=http://localhost:{{ proxy_port }}, VAR2=Flase}) }}"
+      ignore_errors: true
+      register: result
+
+    - ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: result
 
   always:
   - name: Delete namespace
@@ -163,3 +159,6 @@
     with_items:
     - "{{ tmp_dir_path }}"
     - "{{ _tmp_dir_kustomize.path }}"
+
+  - name: Stop tinyproxy
+    ansible.builtin.command: "docker stop tinyproxy"