diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0360bd3e..0b257630 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
     <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
     <fabric8-client.version>7.1.0</fabric8-client.version>
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.12</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
     <mokito.version>5.15.2</mokito.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
         <version>${log4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <build>
diff --git a/samples/commons/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/AbstractEndToEndTest.java b/samples/commons/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/AbstractEndToEndTest.java
index 87857677..73afcb01 100644
--- a/samples/commons/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/AbstractEndToEndTest.java
+++ b/samples/commons/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/AbstractEndToEndTest.java
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMetaBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.ConfigBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientException;
@@ -25,7 +28,10 @@
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public abstract class AbstractEndToEndTest {
 
-  protected KubernetesClient client = new KubernetesClientBuilder().build();
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractEndToEndTest.class);
+
+  protected KubernetesClient client = new KubernetesClientBuilder().withConfig(new ConfigBuilder()
+      .withNamespace("default").build()).build();
 
   public static final String TEST_CR_NAME = "test-cr";
   public static final int CR_SPEC_VALUE = 5;
@@ -80,6 +86,7 @@ <T> T avoidRequestTimeout(Supplier<T> operator) {
     try {
       return operator.get();
     } catch (KubernetesClientException e) {
+      log.warn("Applying resource. This might be expected.", e);
       return null;
     }
   }