diff --git a/test/examples_test.go b/test/examples_test.go
index 617b1aecf8f..45eabfdd62c 100644
--- a/test/examples_test.go
+++ b/test/examples_test.go
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ func substituteEnv(input []byte, namespace string) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	output := defaultKoDockerRepoRE.ReplaceAll(input, []byte(val))
 
-	// Strip any "namespace: default"s, all resources will be created in
-	// the test namespace using `ko create -n`
+	// Replace any "namespace: default"s with the test namespace.
 	output = defaultNamespaceRE.ReplaceAll(output, []byte("namespace: "+namespace))
 
 	// Replace image names to arch specific ones, where it's necessary
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ func substituteEnv(input []byte, namespace string) ([]byte, error) {
 // koCreate wraps the ko binary and invokes `ko create` for input within
 // namespace
 func koCreate(input []byte, namespace string) ([]byte, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("ko", "create", "--platform", "linux/"+getTestArch(), "-n", namespace, "-f", "-")
+	cmd := exec.Command("ko", "create", "--platform", "linux/"+getTestArch(), "-f", "-")
 	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(input)
 	return cmd.CombinedOutput()
 }
diff --git a/test/yamls/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun-with-final-tasks.yaml b/test/yamls/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun-with-final-tasks.yaml
index fffd6da4fac..5833174516c 100644
--- a/test/yamls/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun-with-final-tasks.yaml
+++ b/test/yamls/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun-with-final-tasks.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: Task
 metadata:
   name: git-clone-from-catalog
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   workspaces:
     - name: output
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: Task
 metadata:
   name: cleanup-workspace
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   workspaces:
     # Shared workspace where git repo is cloned
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: Pipeline
 metadata:
   name: clone-cleanup-workspace
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   workspaces:
     # common workspace where git repo is cloned and needs to be cleanup after done
@@ -185,6 +188,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: PipelineRun
 metadata:
   name: write-and-cleanup-workspace
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   pipelineRef:
     name: clone-cleanup-workspace
diff --git a/test/yamls/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun.yaml b/test/yamls/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun.yaml
index de2d6e1b07d..f8ba4a3206e 100644
--- a/test/yamls/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun.yaml
+++ b/test/yamls/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: Task
 metadata:
   name: unit-tests
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   workspaces:
   - name: source
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: Task
 metadata:
   name: git-clone
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   workspaces:
   - name: output
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: Task
 metadata:
   name: kaniko
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   workspaces:
   - name: source
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: Task
 metadata:
   name: demo-deploy-kubectl
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   params:
   - name: path
@@ -232,6 +236,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: Pipeline
 metadata:
   name: demo-pipeline
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   params:
   - name: image-registry
@@ -320,6 +325,7 @@ apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: PipelineRun
 metadata:
   name: demo-pipeline-run-1
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   pipelineRef:
     name: demo-pipeline