diff --git a/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/conftest.py b/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/conftest.py
index 9abdd6b0..8925a6ad 100644
--- a/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/conftest.py
+++ b/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+import requests_mock
 
 from langchain_nvidia_ai_endpoints import ChatNVIDIA, NVIDIAEmbeddings, NVIDIARerank
 
@@ -12,3 +13,8 @@
 )
 def public_class(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> type:
     return request.param
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def empty_v1_models(requests_mock: requests_mock.Mocker) -> None:
+    requests_mock.get("https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1/models", json={"data": []})
diff --git a/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_models.py b/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_models.py
index 643f9dd5..1c6ffa72 100644
--- a/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_models.py
+++ b/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_models.py
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ def test_integration_initialization() -> None:
     ChatNVIDIA(model="meta/llama2-70b", nvidia_api_key="nvapi-...")
 
 
-def test_unavailable() -> None:
+def test_unavailable(empty_v1_models: None) -> None:
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         ChatNVIDIA(model="not-a-real-model")