diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e8ecd6fd2..9c0c7485c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.16
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.19.0
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.1
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.4 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20220713155537-f223a00ba0e2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 345e001c6..9b0521881 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.19.0 h1:9Cnnf7UHo57Hy3k6/m5k3dRfGTMXGvxhHFvkDTCTpvA
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.19.0/go.mod h1:rlwLi9PilAFJ8jCg9UE1QP6VBpd6/xj3SRC0d6TU0To=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.1 h1:dsYjIxxSR755MDmKVsaFQTE22ChNBcuuTWgkUDSubOk=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.1/go.mod h1:U4R44UsT+9eLIaYRB2a5qajjtQYn0hauxvRm16AVYg0=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.0 h1:eSSPsPNp6ZpsG8X1OVmOTxig+CblTc4AxpPBykhe2Os=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.0/go.mod h1:MIKI8c+f+QLWk+hxbePD4i0LMJSExPaZOVfkoex4cAo=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
@@ -620,6 +622,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp0
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 h1:9ddQBjfCyZPOHPUiPxpYESBLc+T8P3E+Vo4IbKZgFWg=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/test/testenv/mcutil.go b/test/testenv/mcutil.go
index 284622202..36250ae96 100644
--- a/test/testenv/mcutil.go
+++ b/test/testenv/mcutil.go
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ func CheckMCPodReady(ns string) bool {
 func GetConfiguredPeers(ns string, mcName string) []string {
 	podName := fmt.Sprintf(MonitoringConsolePod, mcName)
 	var peerList []string
-	var output []byte
 	if len(podName) > 0 {
 		peerFile := "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/splunk_monitoring_console/local/splunk_monitoring_console_assets.conf"
 		output, err := exec.Command("kubectl", "exec", "-n", ns, podName, "--", "cat", peerFile).Output()
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ func GetConfiguredPeers(ns string, mcName string) []string {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	logf.Log.Info("Peer List found on MC Pod", "MC POD", podName, "Configured Peers", peerList, "splunk_monitoring_console_assets.conf output", output)
+	logf.Log.Info("Peer List found on MC Pod", "MC POD", podName, "Configured Peers", peerList)
 	return peerList
 }