diff --git a/src/KubeLibrary/KubeLibrary.py b/src/KubeLibrary/KubeLibrary.py
index 3f73adc..7d5de55 100755
--- a/src/KubeLibrary/KubeLibrary.py
+++ b/src/KubeLibrary/KubeLibrary.py
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ def _add_api(self, reference, class_name):
         self.__dict__[reference] = class_name(self.api_client)
         if not self.cert_validation:
             self.__dict__[reference].api_client.rest_client.pool_manager.connection_pool_kw['cert_reqs'] = ssl.CERT_NONE
+            self.__dict__[reference].api_client.configuration.verify_ssl = False
 
     def k8s_api_ping(self):
         """Performs GET on /api/v1/ for simple check of API availability.
diff --git a/testcases/reload-config/reload-config_kw.robot b/testcases/reload-config/reload-config_kw.robot
index 7e64921..611bbdd 100755
--- a/testcases/reload-config/reload-config_kw.robot
+++ b/testcases/reload-config/reload-config_kw.robot
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ${KUBE_CONFIG2}         %{KUBE_CONFIG2=./cluster2-conf}
 
 *** Keywords ***
 Connected to cluster-1 
-    Reload Config  kube_config=${KUBE_CONFIG1}  incluster=False  cert_validation=False
+    Reload Config  kube_config=${KUBE_CONFIG1}  incluster=False  cert_validation=True
     K8s Api Ping
 
 Cluster has namespace