diff --git a/testing/notification-test-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java b/testing/notification-test-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java
index 6dc0bb2860c7b1fb0d71b4a6c4dc352c013259c3..b08997b116d91d8866a9822742e003fa599ad7f8 100644
--- a/testing/notification-test-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java
+++ b/testing/notification-test-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class TestPubsubEndpointHMAC extends PubsubEndpointHMACTests {
     @Override
     public void should_return401_when_accessingWithNoAccessCredentials() throws Exception{
         ClientResponse response = descriptor.run(getArg(), testUtils.getNoAccessToken());
-        assertEquals(error(	response.getEntity(String.class)), 403, response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(error(	response.getEntity(String.class)), 401, response.getStatus());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ public class TestPubsubEndpointHMAC extends PubsubEndpointHMACTests {
     @Override
     public void should_return401_when_accessingWithEditorCredentials() throws Exception{
         ClientResponse response = descriptor.run(getArg(), testUtils.getNoAccessToken());
-        assertEquals(error(	response.getEntity(String.class)), 403, response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(error(	response.getEntity(String.class)), 401, response.getStatus());
     }
 
     @Test
     @Override
     public void should_return401_when_accessingWithAdminCredentials() throws Exception{
         ClientResponse response = descriptor.run(getArg(), testUtils.getNoAccessToken());
-        assertEquals(error(	response.getEntity(String.class)), 403, response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(error(	response.getEntity(String.class)), 401, response.getStatus());
     }
 }
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