diff --git a/pkg/controllers/datastoresyncer/datastoresyncer_suite_test.go b/pkg/controllers/datastoresyncer/datastoresyncer_suite_test.go
index 5cc45b38e..8d8646361 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/datastoresyncer/datastoresyncer_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/datastoresyncer/datastoresyncer_suite_test.go
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ func newTestDriver() *testDriver {
 
 		t.syncerScheme = runtime.NewScheme()
 		Expect(submarinerv1.AddToScheme(t.syncerScheme)).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(corev1.AddToScheme(t.syncerScheme)).To(Succeed())
 
 		t.localClient = fake.NewDynamicClient(t.syncerScheme)
 		t.brokerClient = fake.NewDynamicClient(t.syncerScheme)
diff --git a/pkg/globalnet/controllers/controllers_suite_test.go b/pkg/globalnet/controllers/controllers_suite_test.go
index a6fed0734..6e26f3dcf 100644
--- a/pkg/globalnet/controllers/controllers_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/globalnet/controllers/controllers_suite_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@ func newTestDriverBase() *testDriverBase {
 	Expect(submarinerv1.AddToScheme(t.scheme)).To(Succeed())
 	Expect(corev1.AddToScheme(t.scheme)).To(Succeed())
 
+	// TODO: Remove this workaround for https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/issues/949 once
+	// admiral has been updated
+	t.scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName(schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "fake-dynamic-client-group", Version: "v1", Kind: "List"},
+		&unstructured.UnstructuredList{})
+
 	fakeClient := fakeDynClient.NewDynamicClient(t.scheme)
 	t.dynClient = fakeClient