diff --git a/sample-cnfs/k8s-multiple-processes/cnf-testsuite.yml b/sample-cnfs/k8s-multiple-processes/cnf-testsuite.yml
index f1e4cb23b..a5025e86e 100644
--- a/sample-cnfs/k8s-multiple-processes/cnf-testsuite.yml
+++ b/sample-cnfs/k8s-multiple-processes/cnf-testsuite.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ helm_repository:
   name: stable 
   repo_url: https://cncf.gitlab.io/stable
 rolling_update_test_tag: 1.6.7
+helm_install_namespace: cnfspace
 allowlist_helm_chart_container_names: [node-cache, nginx, coredns, calico-node, kube-proxy, nginx-proxy]
diff --git a/sample-cnfs/sample-multiple-processes/cnf-testsuite.yml b/sample-cnfs/sample-multiple-processes/cnf-testsuite.yml
index 107f96e0f..e2a2df722 100644
--- a/sample-cnfs/sample-multiple-processes/cnf-testsuite.yml
+++ b/sample-cnfs/sample-multiple-processes/cnf-testsuite.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ release_name: multi-proc
 helm_repository:
   name:
   repo_url:
+helm_install_namespace: cnfspace
 allowlist_helm_chart_container_names: [node-cache, nginx, coredns, calico-node, kube-proxy, nginx-proxy]
diff --git a/sample-cnfs/sample-prom-pod-discovery/cnf-testsuite.yml b/sample-cnfs/sample-prom-pod-discovery/cnf-testsuite.yml
index e9b59cbfc..1092b4985 100644
--- a/sample-cnfs/sample-prom-pod-discovery/cnf-testsuite.yml
+++ b/sample-cnfs/sample-prom-pod-discovery/cnf-testsuite.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ release_name: coredns
 helm_repository:
   name: stable 
   repo_url: https://cncf.gitlab.io/stable
+helm_install_namespace: cnfspace
 allowlist_helm_chart_container_names: []
diff --git a/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns/cnf-testsuite.yml b/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns/cnf-testsuite.yml
index e9b59cbfc..1092b4985 100644
--- a/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns/cnf-testsuite.yml
+++ b/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns/cnf-testsuite.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ release_name: coredns
 helm_repository:
   name: stable 
   repo_url: https://cncf.gitlab.io/stable
+helm_install_namespace: cnfspace
 allowlist_helm_chart_container_names: []
diff --git a/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns_default_namespace/chart b/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns_default_namespace/chart
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..e8121a68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns_default_namespace/chart
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../sample_coredns/chart
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns_default_namespace/cnf-testsuite.yml b/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns_default_namespace/cnf-testsuite.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca8310c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-cnfs/sample_coredns_default_namespace/cnf-testsuite.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+helm_directory: chart
+release_name: coredns
+helm_repository:
+  name: stable 
+  repo_url: https://cncf.gitlab.io/stable
+helm_install_namespace: default
+allowlist_helm_chart_container_names: []
diff --git a/spec/workload/configuration_spec.cr b/spec/workload/configuration_spec.cr
index 933be8258..3e9d4ad5c 100644
--- a/spec/workload/configuration_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/workload/configuration_spec.cr
@@ -353,13 +353,13 @@ describe CnfTestSuite do
 
   it "'default_namespace' should fail if a cnf creates resources in the default namespace", tags: ["default_namespace"] do
     begin
-      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_setup cnf-config=./sample-cnfs/sample_coredns")
+      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_setup cnf-config=./sample-cnfs/sample_coredns_default_namespace")
       result[:status].success?.should be_true
       result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("default_namespace verbose")
       result[:status].success?.should be_true
       (/(FAILED).*(Resources are created in the default namespace)/ =~ result[:output]).should_not be_nil
     ensure
-      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_cleanup cnf-config=./sample-cnfs/sample_coredns")
+      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_cleanup cnf-config=./sample-cnfs/sample_coredns_default_namespace")
       KubectlClient::Utils.wait_for_terminations()
     end
   end
diff --git a/src/tasks/workload/microservice.cr b/src/tasks/workload/microservice.cr
index 64745c702..1b039df51 100644
--- a/src/tasks/workload/microservice.cr
+++ b/src/tasks/workload/microservice.cr
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ task "single_process_type" do |t, args|
       case kind 
       when  "deployment","statefulset","pod","replicaset", "daemonset"
         resource_yaml = KubectlClient::Get.resource(resource[:kind], resource[:name], resource[:namespace])
-        pods = KubectlClient::Get.pods_by_resource(resource_yaml)
+        pods = KubectlClient::Get.pods_by_resource(resource_yaml, resource[:namespace])
         containers = KubectlClient::Get.resource_containers(kind, resource[:name], resource[:namespace])
         pods.map do |pod|
           pod_name = pod.dig("metadata", "name")
diff --git a/src/tasks/workload/observability.cr b/src/tasks/workload/observability.cr
index a63602a70..f12c1c395 100644
--- a/src/tasks/workload/observability.cr
+++ b/src/tasks/workload/observability.cr
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ task "prometheus_traffic" do |t, args|
       prom_cnf_match = CNFManager.workload_resource_test(args, config) do |resource_name, container, initialized|
         ip_match = false
         resource = KubectlClient::Get.resource(resource_name[:kind], resource_name[:name], resource_name[:namespace])
-        pods = KubectlClient::Get.pods_by_resource(resource)
+        pods = KubectlClient::Get.pods_by_resource(resource, resource_name[:namespace])
         pods.each do |pod|
           pod_ips = pod.dig("status", "podIPs")
           Log.info { "pod_ips: #{pod_ips}"}