diff --git a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/chainsaw-test.yaml b/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/chainsaw-test.yaml
index 11b41de5b2..6fb2c5e786 100644
--- a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/chainsaw-test.yaml
+++ b/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/chainsaw-test.yaml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: default
 spec:
   steps:
-  - name: step-01
-    try:
-    - apply:
-        file: ns-bad.yaml
   - name: create policy
     use:
       template: ../../../../../_step-templates/create-policy.yaml
@@ -32,4 +28,4 @@ spec:
         expect:
         - check:
             ($error != null): true
-        file: pod-bad.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+        file: pod-bad.yaml
diff --git a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/ns-bad.yaml b/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/ns-bad.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ea5dfc890e..0000000000
--- a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/ns-bad.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Namespace
-metadata:
-  name: not-default
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/pod-bad.yaml b/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/pod-bad.yaml
index 765e64e70d..659614130c 100644
--- a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/pod-bad.yaml
+++ b/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/pod-bad.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
-  name: example
-  namespace: default
+  name: bad-pod
 spec:
   containers:
-  - image: nginx:latest
-    name: example
\ No newline at end of file
+  - image: nginx
+    name: example
diff --git a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/pod.yaml b/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/pod.yaml
index 765e64e70d..2060b8fa0f 100644
--- a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/pod.yaml
+++ b/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/pod.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
   name: example
-  namespace: default
 spec:
   containers:
   - image: nginx:latest
-    name: example
\ No newline at end of file
+    name: example
diff --git a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/policy.yaml b/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/policy.yaml
index 4acf797a9b..89fc446225 100644
--- a/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/policy.yaml
+++ b/test/conformance/chainsaw/validate/clusterpolicy/standard/apicalls/default/policy.yaml
@@ -12,31 +12,27 @@ spec:
           - Pod
           operations:
           - CREATE
+          - UPDATE
     context:
-    - name: testString
+    - name: podname
       apiCall:
         urlPath: "/api/v1/namespaces/{{ request.namespace }}/invalid"
         jmesPath: metadata.name
-        default: default
+        default: example
     - name: testJSON
       apiCall:
         urlPath: "/api/v1/namespaces/{{ request.namespace }}/invalid"
-        default: '{"metadata": {"name": "default"}}'
-    - name: testInteger
-      apiCall:
-        urlPath: "/api/v1/namespaces/{{ request.namespace }}/invalid"
-        jmesPath: metadata.resourceVersion
-        default: 1     
+        default:
+          metadata:
+            name: example
     validate:
+      failureAction: Enforce
       deny:
         conditions:
           all:
-          - key: "{{ testString }}"
-            operator: Equals
-            value: "{{ request.namespace }}"
+          - key: "{{ podname }}"
+            operator: NotEquals
+            value: "{{ request.object.metadata.name }}"
           - key: "{{ testJSON.metadata.name }}"
-            operator: Equals
-            value: "{{ request.namespace }}"
-          - key: "{{ testInteger }}"
-            operator: GreaterThan
-            value: 2
\ No newline at end of file
+            operator: NotEquals
+            value: "{{ request.object.metadata.name }}"