diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/delete_workspace_modal/delete_workspace_modal.test.tsx b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/delete_workspace_modal/delete_workspace_modal.test.tsx
index 15078b87bade..d2ba2e7876ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/delete_workspace_modal/delete_workspace_modal.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/delete_workspace_modal/delete_workspace_modal.test.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { DeleteWorkspaceModal, DeleteWorkspaceModalProps } from './delete_workspace_modal';
 import { coreMock } from '../../../../../core/public/mocks';
-import { render, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, fireEvent, waitFor, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { workspaceClientMock } from '../../../public/workspace_client.mock';
 import { OpenSearchDashboardsContextProvider } from '../../../../../plugins/opensearch_dashboards_react/public';
 
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ describe('DeleteWorkspaceModal', () => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
-  it('should render normally', () => {
+  it('should render normally', async () => {
     const { getByText, baseElement, getByTestId } = render(
       getWrapWorkspaceDeleteModalInContext(defaultProps)
     );
-
+    await screen.findByTestId('delete-workspace-modal-header');
     expect(getByText('Delete workspace')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(getByTestId('delete-workspace-modal-header')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(getByTestId('delete-workspace-modal-body')).toBeInTheDocument();
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_list/index.test.tsx b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_list/index.test.tsx
index f9e5a388368e..1719bfe7a109 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_list/index.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_list/index.test.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ import { OpenSearchDashboardsContextProvider } from '../../../../../plugins/open
 
 jest.mock('../utils/workspace');
 
+jest.mock('../delete_workspace_modal', () => ({
+  DeleteWorkspaceModal: ({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }) => (
+    <div aria-label="mock delete workspace modal">
+      <button onClick={onClose} aria-label="mock delete workspace modal button" />
+    </div>
+  ),
+}));
+
 function getWrapWorkspaceListInContext(
   workspaceList = [
     { id: 'id1', name: 'name1' },
@@ -92,11 +100,10 @@ describe('WorkspaceList', () => {
     const { getAllByTestId } = render(getWrapWorkspaceListInContext());
     const deleteIcon = getAllByTestId('workspace-list-delete-icon')[0];
     fireEvent.click(deleteIcon);
-    await screen.findByTestId('delete-workspace-modal-header');
-    expect(screen.getByTestId('delete-workspace-modal-header')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    const cancelButton = screen.getByTestId('delete-workspace-modal-cancel-button');
-    fireEvent.click(cancelButton);
-    expect(screen.queryByTestId('delete-workspace-modal-header')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText('mock delete workspace modal')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    const modalCancelButton = screen.getByLabelText('mock delete workspace modal button');
+    fireEvent.click(modalCancelButton);
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText('mock delete workspace modal')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it('should be able to pagination when clicking pagination button', async () => {