diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/mesh-gateway-deployment.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/mesh-gateway-deployment.bats
index e66b4925b2..63c101569a 100755
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/mesh-gateway-deployment.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/mesh-gateway-deployment.bats
@@ -1798,6 +1798,7 @@ key2: value2' \
       . | tee /dev/stderr |
       yq -r '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].securityContext' | tee /dev/stderr)
 
+  [ $(echo "${actual}" | yq -r '.capabilities.drop | length') -eq 0 ]
   [ $(echo "${actual}" | yq -r '.capabilities.add[0]') = "NET_BIND_SERVICE" ]
 
 }
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