diff --git a/test/framework/k8s_controlplane.go b/test/framework/k8s_controlplane.go
index 8915de10dfcb..97baadef9afc 100644
--- a/test/framework/k8s_controlplane.go
+++ b/test/framework/k8s_controlplane.go
@@ -134,10 +134,7 @@ func (c *K8sControlPlane) VerifyKumaCtl() error {
 		return errors.Errorf("API port not forwarded")
 	}
 
-	output, err := c.kumactl.RunKumactlAndGetOutputV(c.verbose, "get", "dataplanes")
-	fmt.Println(output)
-
-	return err
+	return c.kumactl.RunKumactl("get", "meshes")
 }
 
 func (c *K8sControlPlane) VerifyKumaREST() error {
diff --git a/test/framework/universal_cluster.go b/test/framework/universal_cluster.go
index 79e2c2e94260..32fc19359bf6 100644
--- a/test/framework/universal_cluster.go
+++ b/test/framework/universal_cluster.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func (c *UniversalCluster) GetKumaCPLogs() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *UniversalCluster) VerifyKuma() error {
-	return c.controlplane.kumactl.RunKumactl("get", "dataplanes")
+	return c.controlplane.kumactl.RunKumactl("get", "meshes")
 }
 
 func (c *UniversalCluster) DeleteKuma() error {