diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/variables/var_file_overrides/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/variables/var_file_overrides/output.txt
index 39417b380..fffaee517 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/variables/var_file_overrides/output.txt
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/variables/var_file_overrides/output.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Exit code: 1
 }
 
 >>> errcode $CLI bundle validate -o json --target without-defaults --var-file=var_files/without_required.json
-Error: no value assigned to required variable cluster_workers. Assignment can be done through the "--var" or "--var-file" flag or by setting the BUNDLE_VAR_cluster_workers environment variable
+Error: no value assigned to required variable cluster. Assignment can be done through the "--var" or "--var-file" flag or by setting the BUNDLE_VAR_cluster environment variable
 
 
 Exit code: 1
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/variables/var_file_overrides/var_files/without_required.json b/acceptance/bundle/variables/var_file_overrides/var_files/without_required.json
index 37e52b0fe..86166408e 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/variables/var_file_overrides/var_files/without_required.json
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/variables/var_file_overrides/var_files/without_required.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "cluster_key": "mlops_stacks-cluster"
+  "cluster_key": "mlops_stacks-cluster",
+  "cluster_workers": 2
 }