diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/init_test.go b/cli/internal/cmd/init_test.go
index c95a0c7f2d4..089bb9c42d1 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/init_test.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/init_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ func TestInitArgumentValidation(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestInitialize(t *testing.T) {
+	require := require.New(t)
+
+	respKubeconfig := k8sclientapi.Config{
+		Clusters: map[string]*k8sclientapi.Cluster{
+			"cluster": {
+				Server: "https://192.0.2.1:6443",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	respKubeconfigBytes, err := clientcmd.Write(respKubeconfig)
+	require.NoError(err)
+
 	gcpServiceAccKey := &gcpshared.ServiceAccountKey{
 		Type:                    "service_account",
 		ProjectID:               "project_id",
@@ -71,7 +83,7 @@ func TestInitialize(t *testing.T) {
 		ClientX509CertURL:       "client_cert",
 	}
 	testInitResp := &initproto.InitSuccessResponse{
-		Kubeconfig: []byte("kubeconfig"),
+		Kubeconfig: respKubeconfigBytes,
 		OwnerId:    []byte("ownerID"),
 		ClusterId:  []byte("clusterID"),
 	}
@@ -162,7 +174,7 @@ func TestInitialize(t *testing.T) {
 			initServerAPI: &stubInitServer{res: []*initproto.InitResponse{{Kind: &initproto.InitResponse_InitSuccess{InitSuccess: testInitResp}}}},
 			configMutator: func(c *config.Config) {
 				res, err := versions.NewValidK8sVersion(strings.TrimPrefix(string(versions.Default), "v"), true)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.NoError(err)
 				c.KubernetesVersion = res
 			},
 		},
@@ -172,7 +184,7 @@ func TestInitialize(t *testing.T) {
 			initServerAPI: &stubInitServer{res: []*initproto.InitResponse{{Kind: &initproto.InitResponse_InitSuccess{InitSuccess: testInitResp}}}},
 			configMutator: func(c *config.Config) {
 				v, err := semver.New(versions.SupportedK8sVersions()[0])
-				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.NoError(err)
 				outdatedPatchVer := semver.NewFromInt(v.Major(), v.Minor(), v.Patch()-1, "").String()
 				c.KubernetesVersion = versions.ValidK8sVersion(outdatedPatchVer)
 			},
@@ -184,8 +196,6 @@ func TestInitialize(t *testing.T) {
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			assert := assert.New(t)
-			require := require.New(t)
-
 			// Networking
 			netDialer := testdialer.NewBufconnDialer()
 			newDialer := func(atls.Validator) *dialer.Dialer {