diff --git a/tests/test_complete.py b/tests/test_complete.py
index 41db92a..885175e 100644
--- a/tests/test_complete.py
+++ b/tests/test_complete.py
@@ -192,7 +192,14 @@ def test_num_tokens_generated_with_best_of(sync_client: Client, model_name: str)
 
 @pytest.mark.system_test
 def test_steering_completion(sync_client: Client, chat_model_name: str):
-    request = CompletionRequest(
+    base_request = CompletionRequest(
+        prompt=Prompt.from_text(
+            "<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>\n\nParaphrase the following phrase. You are an honest man.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>\n\n"
+        ),
+        maximum_tokens=16,
+    )
+
+    steered_request = CompletionRequest(
         prompt=Prompt.from_text(
             "<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>\n\nParaphrase the following phrase. You are an honest man.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>\n\n"
         ),
@@ -200,9 +207,12 @@ def test_steering_completion(sync_client: Client, chat_model_name: str):
         maximum_tokens=16,
     )
 
-    response = sync_client.complete(request, model=chat_model_name)
-    completion_result = response.completions[0]
-    assert completion_result.completion is not None
-    assert (
-        "art" in completion_result.completion
-    ), "Steered completion should contain Shakespearean language like 'art' for this particular phrase."
+    base_response = sync_client.complete(base_request, model=chat_model_name)
+    steered_response = sync_client.complete(steered_request, model=chat_model_name)
+
+    base_completion_result = base_response.completions[0].completion
+    steered_completion_result = steered_response.completions[0].completion
+
+    assert base_completion_result
+    assert steered_completion_result
+    assert base_completion_result != steered_completion_result