diff --git a/testing/notification-test-ibm/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java b/testing/notification-test-ibm/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java
index e01b1c888f7f1f79f9707246c3ebb3ed26d56380..cac092dbefe95654bd8183edc6a5a996c2522d82 100644
--- a/testing/notification-test-ibm/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java
+++ b/testing/notification-test-ibm/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/notification/api/TestPubsubEndpointHMAC.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class TestPubsubEndpointHMAC extends PubsubEndpointHMACTests {
     @Override
     public void should_return400_when_makingHttpRequestWithoutToken()throws Exception{
 		ClientResponse response =  descriptor.run(getArg(), "");
-		assertEquals(error(	response.getEntity(String.class)), 401, response.getStatus());
+		assertEquals(error(	response.getEntity(String.class)), 403, response.getStatus());
 	}
 
     @Ignore