diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/connection_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/connection_test.go
index faa0a2d864..046b3de8a1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/connection_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/vclib/connection_test.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func TestWithValidThumbprint(t *testing.T) {
 func TestWithInvalidCaCertPath(t *testing.T) {
 	connection := &vclib.VSphereConnection{
 		Hostname: "should-not-matter",
-		Port:     "should-not-matter",
+		Port:     "27015", // doesn't matter, but has to be a valid port
 		CACert:   "invalid-path",
 	}
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func TestWithInvalidCaCertPath(t *testing.T) {
 func TestInvalidCaCert(t *testing.T) {
 	connection := &vclib.VSphereConnection{
 		Hostname: "should-not-matter",
-		Port:     "should-not-matter",
+		Port:     "27015", // doesn't matter, but has to be a valid port
 		CACert:   fixtures.InvalidCertPath,
 	}