diff --git a/cisco_aci/tests/conftest.py b/cisco_aci/tests/conftest.py
index 9cc0e22e77ae8..f1270778b3415 100644
--- a/cisco_aci/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/cisco_aci/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 # (C) Datadog, Inc. 2021-present
 # All rights reserved
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
+from copy import deepcopy
+
 import pytest
 
+INSTANCE = {'aci_url': 'http://localhost', 'username': 'admin', 'pwd': 'admin'}
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def dd_environment():
-    yield {'aci_urls': []}
+    yield deepcopy(INSTANCE)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def instance():
+    return deepcopy(INSTANCE)
diff --git a/cisco_aci/tests/test_cisco.py b/cisco_aci/tests/test_cisco.py
index da91a6f5dfcef..795a71555e363 100644
--- a/cisco_aci/tests/test_cisco.py
+++ b/cisco_aci/tests/test_cisco.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import pytest
 from mock import MagicMock
 
+from datadog_checks.base import AgentCheck
 from datadog_checks.base.utils.containers import hash_mutable
 from datadog_checks.cisco_aci import CiscoACICheck
 from datadog_checks.cisco_aci.api import Api, SessionWrapper
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ def test_config(aggregator, extra_config, expected_http_kwargs):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.e2e
-def test_e2e(dd_agent_check, dd_environment):
+def test_e2e(dd_agent_check, aggregator, instance):
     with pytest.raises(Exception):
-        dd_agent_check(dd_environment)
+        dd_agent_check(instance)
+    aggregator.assert_service_check("cisco_aci.can_connect", AgentCheck.CRITICAL)