diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_job_definition.py b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_job_definition.py
index d6113b39fb3..7eae4e42237 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_job_definition.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_job_definition.py
@@ -88,10 +88,19 @@ def mock_collabora_farm(clear_env_vars, monkeypatch):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("force_uart", [True, False], ids=["SSH", "UART"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["UBOOT", "FASTBOOT"])
+@mock.patch("lava.lava_job_submitter.setup_lava_proxy")
 def test_generate_lava_job_definition_sanity(
-    force_uart, mode, shell_file, mock_collabora_farm, monkeypatch
+    mock_lava_proxy,
+    force_uart,
+    mode,
+    shell_file,
+    mock_collabora_farm,
+    monkeypatch,
+    mock_proxy,
 ):
     monkeypatch.setattr(lava.utils.lava_job_definition, "FORCE_UART", force_uart)
+    # Do not actually connect to the LAVA server
+    mock_lava_proxy.return_value = mock_proxy
 
     init_script_content = f"echo test {mode}"
     job_submitter = job_submitter_factory(mode, shell_file(init_script_content))
@@ -175,8 +184,19 @@ def test_generate_lava_job_definition_sanity(
 # use yaml files from tests/data/ to test the job definition generation
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("force_uart", [False, True], ids=["SSH", "UART"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["UBOOT", "FASTBOOT"])
-def test_lava_job_definition(mode, force_uart, shell_file, mock_collabora_farm, monkeypatch):
+@mock.patch("lava.lava_job_submitter.setup_lava_proxy")
+def test_lava_job_definition(
+    mock_lava_proxy,
+    mode,
+    force_uart,
+    shell_file,
+    mock_collabora_farm,
+    mock_proxy,
+    monkeypatch,
+):
     monkeypatch.setattr(lava.utils.lava_job_definition, "FORCE_UART", force_uart)
+    # Do not actually connect to the LAVA server
+    mock_lava_proxy.return_value = mock_proxy
 
     yaml = YAML()
     yaml.default_flow_style = False