diff --git a/tests/apitests/python/test_proxy_cache.py b/tests/apitests/python/test_proxy_cache.py
index 8e1a3a0c95..0815994183 100644
--- a/tests/apitests/python/test_proxy_cache.py
+++ b/tests/apitests/python/test_proxy_cache.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TestProxyCache(unittest.TestCase):
             registry = "https://cicd.harbor.vmwarecna.net"
             index_for_ctr = dict(image = "busybox", tag = "1.32.0")
 
-        registry_id, _ = self.registry.create_registry(registry, name=_random_name(registry_type), registry_type=registry_type, access_key = access_key, access_secret = access_secret, insecure=False, **ADMIN_CLIENT)
+        registry_id, _ = self.registry.create_registry(registry, name=_random_name(registry_type), registry_type=registry_type, access_key = access_key, access_secret = access_secret, insecure=True, **ADMIN_CLIENT)
 
         print("registry_id:", registry_id)