diff --git a/tests/interop/test_validate_gpu_nodes.py b/tests/interop/test_validate_gpu_nodes.py
index a03f9fb8..f38c8efc 100644
--- a/tests/interop/test_validate_gpu_nodes.py
+++ b/tests/interop/test_validate_gpu_nodes.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
-import subprocess
 
 import pytest
 from ocp_resources.machine_set import MachineSet
 from ocp_resources.node import Node
+from ocp_resources.pod import Pod
 
 from . import __loggername__
 
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def test_validate_gpu_node_role_labels_pods(openshift_dyn_client):
 
     nodes = Node.get(dyn_client=openshift_dyn_client)
     gpu_nodes = []
+    expected_count = 1
     for node in nodes:
         logger.info(node.instance.metadata.name)
         labels = node.instance.metadata.labels
@@ -125,9 +126,7 @@ def test_validate_gpu_node_role_labels_pods(openshift_dyn_client):
         if odh_label in label_str and worker_label in label_str:
             gpu_nodes.append(node)
 
-    # logger.info(node_count)
-
-    if len(gpu_nodes) == 3:
+    if len(gpu_nodes) == int(expected_count):
         logger.info("PASS: Found 'worker' and 'odh-notebook' GPU node-role labels")
     else:
         err_msg = "Could not find 'worker' and 'odh-notebook' GPU node-role label"
@@ -139,35 +138,23 @@ def test_validate_gpu_node_role_labels_pods(openshift_dyn_client):
     """
     logger.info("Checking pod count on GPU nodes")
 
-    for gpu_node in gpu_nodes:
-        name = gpu_node.instance.metadata.name
-        field_select = "--field-selector=spec.host=" + name
-        pod_count = 0
-        expected_count = 20
-        failed_nodes = []
-        cmd_out = subprocess.run(
-            [oc, "get", "pod", "-A", field_select, "--no-headers"], capture_output=True
-        )
-
-        if cmd_out.stdout:
-            out_decoded = cmd_out.stdout.decode("utf-8")
-            logger.info(node.instance.metadata.name + "\n" + out_decoded)
-            out_split = out_decoded.splitlines()
-
-            for line in out_split:
-                if "Completed" in line:
-                    continue
-                else:
-                    pod_count += 1
-
-            if pod_count < expected_count:
-                failed_nodes.append(node.instance.metadata.name)
-        else:
-            assert False, cmd_out.stderr
-
-    if failed_nodes:
-        err_msg = f"Did not find the expected pod count on: {failed_nodes}"
+    # We are assuming one GPU node
+    gpu_node = gpu_nodes[0].instance.metadata.name
+    nvidia_pods = []
+    expected_count = 8
+    project = "nvidia-gpu-operator"
+    pods = Pod.get(dyn_client=openshift_dyn_client, namespace=project)
+
+    for pod in pods:
+        if "nvidia" in pod.instance.metadata.name:
+            logger.info(f"nvidia pod: {pod.instance.metadata.name}")
+            if gpu_node in pod.instance.spec.nodeName:
+                logger.info(f"nvidia pod node name: {pod.instance.spec.nodeName}")
+                nvidia_pods.append(pod.instance.metadata.name)
+
+    if len(nvidia_pods) == int(expected_count):
+        logger.info("PASS: Found the expected nvidia pod count for GPU nodes")
+    else:
+        err_msg = "Did not find the expected nvidia pod count for GPU nodes"
         logger.error(f"FAIL: {err_msg}")
         assert False, err_msg
-    else:
-        logger.info("PASS: Found the expected pod count for GPU nodes")