diff --git a/library/common-test/tests/controller/names_test.yaml b/library/common-test/tests/controller/names_test.yaml
index b6cdfd299d..faf8781777 100644
--- a/library/common-test/tests/controller/names_test.yaml
+++ b/library/common-test/tests/controller/names_test.yaml
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ tests:
           enabled: true
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
         other-controller-name:
           enabled: true
           primary: false
           type: DaemonSet
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - documentIndex: &deploymentDoc 0
         isKind:
diff --git a/library/common-test/tests/controller/validation_test.yaml b/library/common-test/tests/controller/validation_test.yaml
index 7f2a89388d..baaf2da456 100644
--- a/library/common-test/tests/controller/validation_test.yaml
+++ b/library/common-test/tests/controller/validation_test.yaml
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ tests:
           enabled: true
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
         other-controller-name-super-long-name-that-is-longer-than-63-characters:
           enabled: true
           primary: false
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
           errorMessage: Name [release-name-common-test-other-controller-name-super-long-name-that-is-longer-than-63-characters] is not valid. Must start and end with an alphanumeric character. It can contain '-'. And must be at most 63 characters.
@@ -24,10 +26,12 @@ tests:
           enabled: true
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
         _other-controller-name:
           enabled: true
           primary: false
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
           errorMessage: Name [release-name-common-test-_other-controller-name] is not valid. Must start and end with an alphanumeric character. It can contain '-'. And must be at most 63 characters.
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ tests:
           enabled: true
           primary: true
           type: not-valid-type
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
           errorMessage: Controller - Expected <type> to be one of [Deployment, StatefulSet, DaemonSet, Job, CronJob], but got [not-valid-type]
@@ -50,10 +55,12 @@ tests:
           enabled: false
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
         other-controller-name:
           enabled: true
           primary: false
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
           errorMessage: Controller - At least one enabled controller must be primary
@@ -65,10 +72,12 @@ tests:
           enabled: true
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
         other-controller-name:
           enabled: true
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
           errorMessage: Controller - Only one controller can be primary
@@ -81,6 +90,7 @@ tests:
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
           labels: "not a dict"
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
           errorMessage: Controller - Expected <labels> to be a dictionary, but got [string]
@@ -93,6 +103,7 @@ tests:
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
           annotations: "not a dict"
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
           errorMessage: Controller - Expected <annotations> to be a dictionary, but got [string]
diff --git a/library/common-test/tests/deployment/metadata_test.yaml b/library/common-test/tests/deployment/metadata_test.yaml
index 7e4a3832a1..7edc6ffb54 100644
--- a/library/common-test/tests/deployment/metadata_test.yaml
+++ b/library/common-test/tests/deployment/metadata_test.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ tests:
           annotations:
             annotation1: "{{ .Values.annotation1 }}"
             annotation2: annotation2
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - documentIndex: &deploymentDoc 0
         isKind:
diff --git a/library/common-test/tests/deployment/spec_test.yaml b/library/common-test/tests/deployment/spec_test.yaml
index db2bc85495..e65e7b5fb5 100644
--- a/library/common-test/tests/deployment/spec_test.yaml
+++ b/library/common-test/tests/deployment/spec_test.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ tests:
           enabled: true
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - documentIndex: &deploymentDoc 0
         isKind:
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ tests:
           rollingUpdate:
             maxSurge: 5
             maxUnavailable: 5
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - documentIndex: *deploymentDoc
         isSubset:
diff --git a/library/common-test/tests/deployment/validation_test.yaml b/library/common-test/tests/deployment/validation_test.yaml
index 5a889ed0e6..ff23803847 100644
--- a/library/common-test/tests/deployment/validation_test.yaml
+++ b/library/common-test/tests/deployment/validation_test.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ tests:
           primary: true
           type: Deployment
           strategy: not-a-strategy
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
           errorMessage: Deployment - Expected <strategy> to be one of [Recreate, RollingUpdate], but got [not-a-strategy]
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ tests:
           type: Deployment
           strategy: RollingUpdate
           rollingUpdate: "not a dict"
+          podSpec: {}
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
           errorMessage: Deployment - Expected <rollingUpdate> to be a dictionary, but got [string]