diff --git a/pkg/controller/machinehealthcheck/machinehealthcheck_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/machinehealthcheck/machinehealthcheck_controller_test.go
index c6e01310a..b0d03536b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/machinehealthcheck/machinehealthcheck_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/machinehealthcheck/machinehealthcheck_controller_test.go
@@ -1171,6 +1171,8 @@ func TestGetTargetsFromMHC(t *testing.T) {
 								machineAnnotationKey: fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", namespace, "match1"),
 							},
 							Labels: map[string]string{},
+							// the following line is to account for a change in the fake client, see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1306
+							ResourceVersion: "999",
 						},
 						TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 							Kind:       "Node",
@@ -1238,6 +1240,8 @@ func TestGetTargetsFromMHC(t *testing.T) {
 								machineAnnotationKey: fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", namespace, "match1"),
 							},
 							Labels: map[string]string{},
+							// the following line is to account for a change in the fake client, see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1306
+							ResourceVersion: "999",
 						},
 						TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 							Kind:       "Node",
@@ -1259,6 +1263,8 @@ func TestGetTargetsFromMHC(t *testing.T) {
 								machineAnnotationKey: fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", namespace, "match2"),
 							},
 							Labels: map[string]string{},
+							// the following line is to account for a change in the fake client, see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1306
+							ResourceVersion: "999",
 						},
 						TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 							Kind:       "Node",
@@ -1300,6 +1306,8 @@ func TestGetTargetsFromMHC(t *testing.T) {
 							Namespace:       namespace,
 							Labels:          map[string]string{"foo": "bar"},
 							OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{{Kind: "MachineSet"}},
+							// the following line is to account for a change in the fake client, see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1306
+							ResourceVersion: "999",
 						},
 						Spec:   mapiv1beta1.MachineSpec{},
 						Status: mapiv1beta1.MachineStatus{},
@@ -1402,6 +1410,8 @@ func TestGetNodeFromMachine(t *testing.T) {
 						machineAnnotationKey: fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", namespace, "machine"),
 					},
 					Labels: map[string]string{},
+					// the following line is to account for a change in the fake client, see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1306
+					ResourceVersion: "999",
 				},
 				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 					Kind:       "Node",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelink/nodelink_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/nodelink/nodelink_controller_test.go
index 948e9c760..456dbdf46 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelink/nodelink_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelink/nodelink_controller_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ func node(name, providerID string, addresses []corev1.NodeAddress, taints []core
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceNone,
+			// the following line is to account for a change in the fake client, see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1306
+			ResourceVersion: "999",
 		},
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			Kind: "Node",
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ func machine(name, providerID string, addresses []corev1.NodeAddress, taints []c
 					Kind: ownerControllerKind,
 				},
 			},
+			// the following line is to account for a change in the fake client, see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1306
+			ResourceVersion: "999",
 		},
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			Kind: "Machine",
diff --git a/pkg/util/testing/testing.go b/pkg/util/testing/testing.go
index c610ef9bc..80c8b578e 100644
--- a/pkg/util/testing/testing.go
+++ b/pkg/util/testing/testing.go
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ func NewMachine(name string, nodeName string) *mapiv1.Machine {
 					Controller: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
 				},
 			},
+			// the following line is to account for a change in the fake client, see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1306
+			ResourceVersion: "999",
 		},
 		Spec: mapiv1.MachineSpec{},
 	}
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ func NewMachineHealthCheck(name string) *mapiv1.MachineHealthCheck {
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: Namespace,
+			// the following line is to account for a change in the fake client, see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1306
+			ResourceVersion: "999",
 		},
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			Kind: "MachineHealthCheck",