diff --git a/tests/crew_test.py b/tests/crew_test.py
index f1706b210..8dc58c352 100644
--- a/tests/crew_test.py
+++ b/tests/crew_test.py
@@ -3102,7 +3102,8 @@ def test_crew_testing_function(kickoff_mock, copy_mock, crew_evaluator):
     copy_mock.return_value = crew
 
     n_iterations = 2
-    crew.test(n_iterations, eval_llm="gpt-4o-mini", inputs={"topic": "AI"})
+    llm_instance = LLM('gpt-4o-mini')
+    crew.test(n_iterations, llm_instance, inputs={"topic": "AI"})
 
     # Ensure kickoff is called on the copied crew
     kickoff_mock.assert_has_calls(
@@ -3111,7 +3112,7 @@ def test_crew_testing_function(kickoff_mock, copy_mock, crew_evaluator):
 
     crew_evaluator.assert_has_calls(
         [
-            mock.call(crew,LLM('gpt-4o-mini')),
+            mock.call(crew,llm_instance),
             mock.call().set_iteration(1),
             mock.call().set_iteration(2),
             mock.call().print_crew_evaluation_result(),