diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/inmemorychannel/controller/inmemorychannel_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/inmemorychannel/controller/inmemorychannel_test.go
index 11c0aca30cd..f9f859444ba 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/inmemorychannel/controller/inmemorychannel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/inmemorychannel/controller/inmemorychannel_test.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
-	"knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/eventing/v1alpha1"
-
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
@@ -105,6 +103,12 @@ var (
 		URL:     dlsURI,
 		CACerts: nil,
 	}
+
+	imcV1GVK = metav1.GroupVersionKind{
+		Group:   "messaging.knative.dev",
+		Version: "v1",
+		Kind:    "InMemoryChannel",
+	}
 )
 
 func TestAllCases(t *testing.T) {
@@ -659,11 +663,7 @@ func TestAllCases(t *testing.T) {
 				makeChannelService(NewInMemoryChannel(imcName, testNS)),
 				NewEventPolicy(readyEventPolicyName, testNS,
 					WithReadyEventPolicyCondition,
-					WithEventPolicyToRef(v1alpha1.EventPolicyToReference{
-						APIVersion: v1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-						Kind:       "InMemoryChannel",
-						Name:       imcName,
-					}),
+					WithEventPolicyToRef(imcV1GVK, imcName),
 				),
 			},
 			WantErr: false,
@@ -698,11 +698,7 @@ func TestAllCases(t *testing.T) {
 				makeChannelService(NewInMemoryChannel(imcName, testNS)),
 				NewEventPolicy(unreadyEventPolicyName, testNS,
 					WithUnreadyEventPolicyCondition,
-					WithEventPolicyToRef(v1alpha1.EventPolicyToReference{
-						APIVersion: v1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-						Kind:       "InMemoryChannel",
-						Name:       imcName,
-					}),
+					WithEventPolicyToRef(imcV1GVK, imcName),
 				),
 			},
 			WantErr: false,
@@ -736,19 +732,11 @@ func TestAllCases(t *testing.T) {
 				makeChannelService(NewInMemoryChannel(imcName, testNS)),
 				NewEventPolicy(readyEventPolicyName, testNS,
 					WithReadyEventPolicyCondition,
-					WithEventPolicyToRef(v1alpha1.EventPolicyToReference{
-						APIVersion: v1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-						Kind:       "InMemoryChannel",
-						Name:       imcName,
-					}),
+					WithEventPolicyToRef(imcV1GVK, imcName),
 				),
 				NewEventPolicy(unreadyEventPolicyName, testNS,
 					WithUnreadyEventPolicyCondition,
-					WithEventPolicyToRef(v1alpha1.EventPolicyToReference{
-						APIVersion: v1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-						Kind:       "InMemoryChannel",
-						Name:       imcName,
-					}),
+					WithEventPolicyToRef(imcV1GVK, imcName),
 				),
 			},
 			WantErr: false,
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/testing/v1/eventpolicy.go b/pkg/reconciler/testing/v1/eventpolicy.go
index a54b07a03e0..28766921c71 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/testing/v1/eventpolicy.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/testing/v1/eventpolicy.go
@@ -66,23 +66,28 @@ func WithUnreadyEventPolicyCondition(ep *v1alpha1.EventPolicy) {
 	}
 }
 
-func WithEventPolicyTo(tos ...v1alpha1.EventPolicySpecTo) EventPolicyOption {
-	return func(ep *v1alpha1.EventPolicy) {
-		ep.Spec.To = append(ep.Spec.To, tos...)
-	}
-}
-
-func WithEventPolicyToRef(ref v1alpha1.EventPolicyToReference) EventPolicyOption {
+func WithEventPolicyToRef(gvk metav1.GroupVersionKind, name string) EventPolicyOption {
 	return func(ep *v1alpha1.EventPolicy) {
 		ep.Spec.To = append(ep.Spec.To, v1alpha1.EventPolicySpecTo{
-			Ref: &ref,
+			Ref: &v1alpha1.EventPolicyToReference{
+				APIVersion: apiVersion(gvk),
+				Kind:       gvk.Kind,
+				Name:       name,
+			},
 		})
 	}
 }
 
-func WithEventPolicyFrom(froms ...v1alpha1.EventPolicySpecFrom) EventPolicyOption {
+func WithEventPolicyFrom(gvk metav1.GroupVersionKind, name, namespace string) EventPolicyOption {
 	return func(ep *v1alpha1.EventPolicy) {
-		ep.Spec.From = append(ep.Spec.From, froms...)
+		ep.Spec.From = append(ep.Spec.From, v1alpha1.EventPolicySpecFrom{
+			Ref: &v1alpha1.EventPolicyFromReference{
+				APIVersion: apiVersion(gvk),
+				Kind:       gvk.Kind,
+				Name:       name,
+				Namespace:  namespace,
+			},
+		})
 	}
 }