diff --git a/tests/src/operator/sanity.rs b/tests/src/operator/sanity.rs
index b9b1c5914a0..bd2ba2523b2 100644
--- a/tests/src/operator/sanity.rs
+++ b/tests/src/operator/sanity.rs
@@ -16,24 +16,33 @@ pub async fn mirrord_ls(#[future] service_for_mirrord_ls: KubeService) {
     assert!(res.success());
     let stdout = process.get_stdout().await;
     let targets: Vec<String> = serde_json::from_str(&stdout).unwrap();
-    let re =
-        Regex::new(r"^(pod|deployment|statefulset|cronjob|job|replicaset)/.+(/container/.+)?$")
-            .unwrap();
-    targets.iter().for_each(|output| {
-        assert!(
-            re.is_match(output),
-            "output line {output} does not match regex {re}"
-        );
-    });
 
-    for target_type in [
+    let expected_target_types = [
         "pod",
         "deployment",
         "statefulset",
         "cronjob",
         "job",
         "replicaset",
-    ] {
+        "service",
+    ];
+
+    let re = Regex::new(&format!(
+        r"^({})/.+(/container/.+)?$",
+        expected_target_types
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join("|")
+    ))
+    .unwrap();
+    targets.iter().for_each(|output| {
+        assert!(
+            re.is_match(output),
+            "output line {output} does not match regex {re}"
+        );
+    });
+
+    for target_type in expected_target_types {
         assert!(
             targets
                 .iter()