diff --git a/internal/controller/postgrescluster_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/postgrescluster_controller_test.go
index c0f3493d9..23636ba7f 100644
--- a/internal/controller/postgrescluster_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/postgrescluster_controller_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ var _ = Describe("PostgresCluster Controller", func() {
 						Name:      resourceName,
 						Namespace: "default",
 					},
-					// TODO(user): Specify other spec details if needed.
+					Spec: enterprisev4.PostgresClusterSpec{
+						Class: "test-class",
+					},
 				}
 				Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, resource)).To(Succeed())
 			}
@@ -69,8 +72,9 @@ var _ = Describe("PostgresCluster Controller", func() {
 		It("should successfully reconcile the resource", func() {
 			By("Reconciling the created resource")
 			controllerReconciler := &PostgresClusterReconciler{
-				Client: k8sClient,
-				Scheme: k8sClient.Scheme(),
+				Client:   k8sClient,
+				Scheme:   k8sClient.Scheme(),
+				Recorder: record.NewFakeRecorder(100),
 			}
 
 			_, err := controllerReconciler.Reconcile(ctx, reconcile.Request{
diff --git a/internal/controller/postgresdatabase_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/postgresdatabase_controller_test.go
index 614efc49b..a1f5ed9ba 100644
--- a/internal/controller/postgresdatabase_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/postgresdatabase_controller_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
@@ -41,8 +42,9 @@ const postgresDatabaseFinalizer = "postgresdatabases.enterprise.splunk.com/final
 
 func reconcilePostgresDatabase(ctx context.Context, nn types.NamespacedName) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 	reconciler := &PostgresDatabaseReconciler{
-		Client: k8sClient,
-		Scheme: k8sClient.Scheme(),
+		Client:   k8sClient,
+		Scheme:   k8sClient.Scheme(),
+		Recorder: record.NewFakeRecorder(100),
 	}
 	return reconciler.Reconcile(ctx, reconcile.Request{NamespacedName: nn})
 }