diff --git a/test/integration/safer_cluster/safer_cluster_test.go b/test/integration/safer_cluster/safer_cluster_test.go
index 79b482ff13..f440bc8c0e 100644
--- a/test/integration/safer_cluster/safer_cluster_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/safer_cluster/safer_cluster_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func TestSaferCluster(t *testing.T) {
 			"networkConfig.datapathProvider",
 			"binaryAuthorization.evaluationMode",
 			"legacyAbac",
+			"meshCertificates.enableCertificates",
 			"nodePools.autoscaling",
 			"nodePools.config.machineType",
 			"nodePools.config.diskSizeGb",
diff --git a/test/integration/safer_cluster/testdata/TestSaferCluster.json b/test/integration/safer_cluster/testdata/TestSaferCluster.json
index 793eaf9a5f..0af5138e80 100755
--- a/test/integration/safer_cluster/testdata/TestSaferCluster.json
+++ b/test/integration/safer_cluster/testdata/TestSaferCluster.json
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@
     ],
     "enabled": true
   },
+  "meshCertificates": {
+    "enableCertificates": false
+  },
   "monitoringConfig": {
     "componentConfig": {
       "enableComponents": [