diff --git a/care/facility/tests/test_asset_api.py b/care/facility/tests/test_asset_api.py
index b09bc0137e..4958eb61ac 100644
--- a/care/facility/tests/test_asset_api.py
+++ b/care/facility/tests/test_asset_api.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from django.db import transaction
 from rest_framework import status
-from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory, APITestCase
+from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 from rest_framework_simplejwt.tokens import RefreshToken
 
 from care.facility.api.viewsets.asset import AssetViewSet
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ExpectedAssetRetrieveKeys(Enum):
     NOTES = "notes"
 
 
-class AssetViewSetTestCase(TestBase, TestClassMixin, APITestCase):
+class AssetViewSetTestCase(TestBase, TestClassMixin):
     endpoint = "/api/v1/asset/"
     asset_id = None
 
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         district = cls.create_district(state=state)
         cls.user = cls.create_user(district=district, username="test user")
         facility = cls.create_facility(district=district, user=cls.user)
-        # Refresh token to header
-        refresh_token = RefreshToken.for_user(cls.user)
-        cls.client.credentials(
-            HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=f"Bearer {refresh_token.access_token}"
-        )
-
         cls.asset1_location = AssetLocation.objects.create(
             name="asset1 location", location_type=1, facility=facility
         )
@@ -84,6 +78,13 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
             name="Test Asset", current_location=cls.asset1_location, asset_type=50
         )
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Refresh token to header
+        refresh_token = RefreshToken.for_user(self.user)
+        self.client.credentials(
+            HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=f"Bearer {refresh_token.access_token}"
+        )
+
     def test_list_assets(self):
         response = self.client.get(self.endpoint)
 
diff --git a/care/utils/tests/test_base.py b/care/utils/tests/test_base.py
index 3ed212c1b2..8ba6c7b4d8 100644
--- a/care/utils/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/care/utils/tests/test_base.py
@@ -438,12 +438,13 @@ def create_consultation(
         data.update(kwargs)
         return PatientConsultation.objects.create(**data)
 
+    @classmethod
     def create_patient_note(
-        self, patient=None, facility=None, note="Patient is doing find", **kwargs
+        cls, patient=None, facility=None, note="Patient is doing find", **kwargs
     ):
         data = {
-            "patient": patient or self.patient,
-            "facility": facility or self.facility,
+            "patient": patient or cls.patient,
+            "facility": facility or cls.facility,
             "note": note,
         }
         data.update(kwargs)