diff --git a/ocs_ci/ocs/resources/storageconsumer.py b/ocs_ci/ocs/resources/storageconsumer.py
index 5d63f7f55a9..94fd8ea0b00 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/ocs/resources/storageconsumer.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/ocs/resources/storageconsumer.py
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ def set_ocs_version(self, version):
             + "'",
             "--subresource",
             "status",
+            "--namespace",
+            config.cluster_ctx.ENV_DATA["cluster_namespace"],
         ]
         exec_cmd(" ".join(cmd))
 
diff --git a/ocs_ci/utility/prometheus.py b/ocs_ci/utility/prometheus.py
index d49b8bd753b..ba3d3c6f18c 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/utility/prometheus.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/utility/prometheus.py
@@ -41,38 +41,27 @@ def check_alert_list(
     target_alerts = [
         alert for alert in alerts if alert.get("labels").get("alertname") == label
     ]
-
     logger.info(f"Checking properties of found {label} alerts")
-    if ignore_more_occurences:
-        for state in states:
-            delete = False
-            for key, alert in reversed(list(enumerate(target_alerts))):
-                if alert.get("state") == state:
-                    if delete:
-                        d_msg = f"Ignoring {alert} as alert already appeared."
-                        logger.debug(d_msg)
-                        target_alerts.pop(key)
-                    else:
-                        delete = True
-    assert_msg = (
-        f"Incorrect number of {label} alerts ({len(target_alerts)} "
-        f"instead of {len(states)} with states: {states})."
-        f"\nAlerts: {target_alerts}"
-    )
-    assert len(target_alerts) == len(states), assert_msg
 
     for key, state in enumerate(states):
-
-        assert_msg = "Alert message for alert {label} is not correct"
-        assert target_alerts[key]["annotations"]["message"] == msg, assert_msg
-
-        assert_msg = f"Alert {label} doesn't have {severity} severity"
-        assert (
-            target_alerts[key]["annotations"]["severity_level"] == severity
-        ), assert_msg
-
-        assert_msg = f"Alert {label} is not in {state} state"
-        assert target_alerts[key]["state"] == state, assert_msg
+        target_alerts = [
+            alert
+            for alert in target_alerts
+            if alert["annotations"]["message"] == msg
+            and alert["annotations"]["severity_level"] == severity
+            and alert["state"] == state
+        ]
+        assert_msg = (
+            f"There was not found alert {label} with message: {msg}, "
+            f"severity: {severity} in state: {state}"
+        )
+        assert target_alerts, assert_msg
+        if not ignore_more_occurences:
+            assert_msg = (
+                f"There are multiple instances of alert {label} with "
+                f"message: {msg}, severity: {severity} in state: {state}"
+            )
+            assert len(target_alerts) == 1, assert_msg
 
     logger.info("Alerts were triggered correctly during utilization")
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/monitoring/conftest.py b/tests/functional/monitoring/conftest.py
index d70e3278ed6..1aecc197742 100644
--- a/tests/functional/monitoring/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/functional/monitoring/conftest.py
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ def change_client_version():
         nonlocal client
         nonlocal original_cluster
         # run_time of operation
-        run_time = 60 * 3
+        run_time = 60 * 7
         client.stop_heartbeat()
         client.set_ocs_version("4.13.0")
         logger.info(f"Waiting for {run_time} seconds")
diff --git a/tests/functional/monitoring/prometheus/alerts/test_provider_client.py b/tests/functional/monitoring/prometheus/alerts/test_provider_client.py
index d51c65832c7..9a6c42b4fff 100644
--- a/tests/functional/monitoring/prometheus/alerts/test_provider_client.py
+++ b/tests/functional/monitoring/prometheus/alerts/test_provider_client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import pytest
 
+from ocs_ci.framework import config
 from ocs_ci.framework.pytest_customization.marks import blue_squad
 from ocs_ci.framework.testlib import (
     tier4c,
@@ -41,16 +42,32 @@ def test_change_client_ocs_version_and_stop_heartbeat(
     client_name = measure_change_client_ocs_version_and_stop_heartbeat.get(
         "metadata"
     ).get("client_name")
+    cluster_namespace = config.ENV_DATA["cluster_namespace"]
+    cluster_name = config.ENV_DATA["storage_cluster_name"]
     target_alerts = [
         {
             "label": constants.ALERT_STORAGECLIENTHEARTBEATMISSED,
-            "msg": f"Storage Client ({client_name}) heartbeat missed for more than 120 (s). "
-            "Lossy network connectivity might exist",
+            "msg": (
+                f"Storage Client ({client_name}) heartbeat missed for more than 120 (s) "
+                f"in namespace:cluster {cluster_namespace}:{cluster_name}."
+            ),
+            "severity": "warning",
+        },
+        {
+            "label": constants.ALERT_STORAGECLIENTHEARTBEATMISSED,
+            "msg": (
+                f"Storage Client ({client_name}) heartbeat missed for more than 300 (s) "
+                f"in namespace:cluster {cluster_namespace}:{cluster_name}."
+            ),
+            "severity": "critical",
         },
         {
             "label": constants.ALERT_STORAGECLIENTINCOMPATIBLEOPERATORVERSION,
-            "msg": f"Storage Client Operator ({client_name}) differs by more "
-            "than 1 minor version. Client configuration may be incompatible and unsupported",
+            "msg": (
+                f"Storage Client Operator ({client_name}) differs by more than 1 minor "
+                f"version in namespace:cluster {cluster_namespace}:{cluster_name}."
+            ),
+            "severity": "critical",
         },
     ]
     states = ["firing"]
@@ -61,14 +78,7 @@ def test_change_client_ocs_version_and_stop_heartbeat(
             msg=target_alert["msg"],
             alerts=alerts,
             states=states,
-            severity="error",
-        )
-        prometheus.check_alert_list(
-            label=target_alert["label"],
-            msg=target_alert["msg"],
-            alerts=alerts,
-            states=states,
-            severity="warning",
+            severity=target_alert["severity"],
         )
         api.check_alert_cleared(
             label=target_alert["label"],