diff --git a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
index 52ec4da61..18ee68dc8 100644
--- a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
@@ -1860,6 +1860,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_getArtifactRef(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 	server, err := setupRegistryServer(ctx, tmpDir, registryOptions{})
+	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		server.Close()
 	})
@@ -1877,7 +1878,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_getArtifactRef(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "valid url with no reference",
 			url:  "oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/charts",
-			want: "ghcr.io/stefanprodan/charts",
+			want: "ghcr.io/stefanprodan/charts:latest",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "valid url with tag reference",
@@ -1946,7 +1947,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_getArtifactRef(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-			g.Expect(got).To(Equal(tt.want))
+			g.Expect(got.String()).To(Equal(tt.want))
 		})
 	}
 }