diff --git a/pkg/canary/config_tracker_test.go b/pkg/canary/config_tracker_test.go
index d7bbae2b..fb8423f8 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/config_tracker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/config_tracker_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ func TestConfigIsDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConfigTracker_ConfigMaps(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("deployment", func(t *testing.T) {
-		mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+		depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+		mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 		configMap := newDeploymentControllerTestConfigMap()
 		configMapProjected := newDeploymentControllerTestConfigProjected()
 
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@ func TestConfigTracker_ConfigMaps(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConfigTracker_Secrets(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("deployment", func(t *testing.T) {
-		mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+		depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+		mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 		secret := newDeploymentControllerTestSecret()
 		secretProjected := newDeploymentControllerTestSecretProjected()
 
diff --git a/pkg/canary/deployment_controller_test.go b/pkg/canary/deployment_controller_test.go
index 7dcfe7a4..ce0703f3 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/deployment_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/deployment_controller_test.go
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDeploymentController_Sync(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	depPrimary, err := mocks.kubeClient.AppsV1().Deployments("default").Get(context.TODO(), "podinfo-primary", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	dep := newDeploymentControllerTest()
+	dep := newDeploymentControllerTest(depConfig)
 	primaryImage := depPrimary.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image
 	sourceImage := dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image
 	assert.Equal(t, sourceImage, primaryImage)
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_Sync(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_Promote(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	dep2 := newDeploymentControllerTestV2()
@@ -72,7 +74,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_Promote(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_ScaleToZero(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	err := mocks.controller.ScaleToZero(mocks.canary)
@@ -84,7 +87,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_ScaleToZero(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_NoConfigTracking(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 	mocks.controller.configTracker = &NopTracker{}
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
@@ -99,7 +103,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_NoConfigTracking(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_HasTargetChanged(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	// save last applied hash
@@ -185,7 +190,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_HasTargetChanged(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_Finalize(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		mocks          deploymentControllerFixture
diff --git a/pkg/canary/deployment_fixture_test.go b/pkg/canary/deployment_fixture_test.go
index aec070ff..cf474a11 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/deployment_fixture_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/deployment_fixture_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ type deploymentControllerFixture struct {
 	logger        *zap.SugaredLogger
 }
 
+type deploymentConfigs struct {
+	name       string
+	labelValue string
+	label      string
+}
+
 func (d deploymentControllerFixture) initializeCanary(t *testing.T) {
 	err := d.controller.Initialize(d.canary)
 	require.Error(t, err) // not ready yet
@@ -51,14 +57,14 @@ func (d deploymentControllerFixture) initializeCanary(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, d.controller.Initialize(d.canary))
 }
 
-func newDeploymentFixture() deploymentControllerFixture {
+func newDeploymentFixture(dc deploymentConfigs) deploymentControllerFixture {
 	// init canary
 	canary := newDeploymentControllerTestCanary()
 	flaggerClient := fakeFlagger.NewSimpleClientset(canary)
 
 	// init kube clientset and register mock objects
 	kubeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(
-		newDeploymentControllerTest(),
+		newDeploymentControllerTest(dc),
 		newDeploymentControllerTestHPA(),
 		newDeploymentControllerTestConfigMap(),
 		newDeploymentControllerTestConfigMapEnv(),
@@ -322,23 +328,23 @@ func newDeploymentControllerTestCanary() *flaggerv1.Canary {
 	return cd
 }
 
-func newDeploymentControllerTest() *appsv1.Deployment {
+func newDeploymentControllerTest(dc deploymentConfigs) *appsv1.Deployment {
 	d := &appsv1.Deployment{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String()},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Namespace: "default",
-			Name:      "podinfo",
+			Name:      dc.name,
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
 				MatchLabels: map[string]string{
-					"name": "podinfo",
+					dc.label: dc.labelValue,
 				},
 			},
 			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Labels: map[string]string{
-						"name": "podinfo",
+						dc.label: dc.labelValue,
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/canary/deployment_ready_test.go b/pkg/canary/deployment_ready_test.go
index e3d07678..619a0378 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/deployment_ready_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/deployment_ready_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDeploymentController_IsReady(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 	mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 
 	err := mocks.controller.IsPrimaryReady(mocks.canary)
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_IsReady(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_isDeploymentReady(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 
 	// observed generation is less than desired generation
 	dp := &appsv1.Deployment{Status: appsv1.DeploymentStatus{ObservedGeneration: -1}}
diff --git a/pkg/canary/deployment_status_test.go b/pkg/canary/deployment_status_test.go
index 26b291a3..99f172f6 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/deployment_status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/deployment_status_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDeploymentController_SyncStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	status := flaggerv1.CanaryStatus{
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_SyncStatus(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_SetFailedChecks(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	err := mocks.controller.SetStatusFailedChecks(mocks.canary, 1)
@@ -47,7 +49,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_SetFailedChecks(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_SetState(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture()
+	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	err := mocks.controller.SetStatusPhase(mocks.canary, flaggerv1.CanaryPhaseProgressing)