diff --git a/test/resilience/tests/envoygateway.go b/test/resilience/tests/envoygateway.go
index d4ad6fde9d3..95634ca6079 100644
--- a/test/resilience/tests/envoygateway.go
+++ b/test/resilience/tests/envoygateway.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ var EGResilience = suite.ResilienceTest{
 
 			t.Log("Simulating API server connection failure for all pods")
 			err = suite.WithResCleanUp(ctx, t, func() (client.Object, error) {
-				return suite.Kube().ManageEgress(ctx, apiServerIP, namespace, policyName, true, map[string]string{})
+				return suite.Kube().ManageEgress(ctx, apiServerIP, namespace, policyName, true, map[string]string{"app.kubernetes.io/name": "gateway-helm"})
 			})
 			require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to simulate API server connection failure")