diff --git a/api-test/src/main/resources/ida/BlockHotlistAPI/BlockHotlistAPI.yml b/api-test/src/main/resources/ida/BlockHotlistAPI/BlockHotlistAPI.yml
index 8365463e6e7..7e86fe2663a 100644
--- a/api-test/src/main/resources/ida/BlockHotlistAPI/BlockHotlistAPI.yml
+++ b/api-test/src/main/resources/ida/BlockHotlistAPI/BlockHotlistAPI.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ HotlistAPI:
       role: hotlist
       restMethod: post
       inputTemplate: ida/BlockHotlistAPI/blockHotlistAPI
-      outputTemplate: ida/BlockHotlistAPI/blockHotlistAPIResult
+      outputTemplate: ida/BlockHotlistAPI/error
       input: '{
     "id": "$ID:GenerateVID_to_test_hotlist_Perpetual_sid_vid$",
     "idType": "UIN",
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ HotlistAPI:
     "expiryTimestamp": "sjsjsj4@33"
   }'
       output: '{
-        "status": "BLOCKED"
-    }'
+    "errors": [
+      {
+        "errorCode": "ADM-HTL-002"
+      }
+    ]
+  }'
    auth_BlockHotlistAPI_All_Valid_Smoke_UIN_with_expirytime_sid:
       endPoint: /v1/hotlist/block
       description: block UIN with expiry time
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ HotlistAPI:
     "id": "$ID:AddIdentity_Positive_unblockUIN_valid_smoke_UIN$",
     "idType": "UIN",
     "requestTime": "$TIMESTAMP$",
-    "expiryTimestamp": "120"
+    "expiryTimestamp": ""
   }'
       output: '{
         "status": "BLOCKED"
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ HotlistAPI:
     "id": "$ID:GenerateVID_All_Valid_Smoke_Perpetual_sid_vid$",
     "idType": "VID",
     "requestTime": "$TIMESTAMP$",
-    "expiryTimestamp": "120"
+    "expiryTimestamp": ""
   }'
       output: '{
         "status": "BLOCKED"
diff --git a/api-test/src/main/resources/ida/BlockHotlistAPI/error.hbs b/api-test/src/main/resources/ida/BlockHotlistAPI/error.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4bcb6bee67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-test/src/main/resources/ida/BlockHotlistAPI/error.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "errors": [
+      {{#each errors}}
+          {
+            "errorCode": "{{errorCode}}"
+          }
+          {{#unless @last}},{{/unless}}
+      	{{/each}}
+  ]
+}
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