diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/cli/tools/test_main.py b/lib/crewai/tests/cli/tools/test_main.py
index 31032a072..ed51db74a 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/cli/tools/test_main.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/cli/tools/test_main.py
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ def test_install_api_error(mock_get, capsys, tool_command):
 
 
 @patch("crewai.cli.tools.main.git.Repository.is_synced", return_value=False)
-def test_publish_when_not_in_sync(mock_is_synced, capsys, tool_command):
+@patch("crewai.cli.tools.main.git.Repository.__init__", return_value=None)
+def test_publish_when_not_in_sync(mock_init, mock_is_synced, capsys, tool_command):
     with raises(SystemExit):
         tool_command.publish(is_public=True)