diff --git a/lib/auth/machineid/workloadidentityv1/workloadidentityv1_test.go b/lib/auth/machineid/workloadidentityv1/workloadidentityv1_test.go
index 4475b3c15c23d..1ddf63bcf28d1 100644
--- a/lib/auth/machineid/workloadidentityv1/workloadidentityv1_test.go
+++ b/lib/auth/machineid/workloadidentityv1/workloadidentityv1_test.go
@@ -187,7 +187,11 @@ func TestIssueWorkloadIdentityE2E(t *testing.T) {
 						Conditions: []*workloadidentityv1pb.WorkloadIdentityCondition{
 							{
 								Attribute: "join.kubernetes.service_account.namespace",
-								Equals:    "my-namespace",
+								Operator: &workloadidentityv1pb.WorkloadIdentityCondition_Eq{
+									Eq: &workloadidentityv1pb.WorkloadIdentityConditionEq{
+										Value: "my-namespace",
+									},
+								},
 							},
 						},
 					},