diff --git a/infra/blueprint-test/examples/simple_krm_blueprint/pod.yaml b/infra/blueprint-test/examples/simple_krm_blueprint/pod.yaml
index de78753e8ca8..12030915e7f2 100644
--- a/infra/blueprint-test/examples/simple_krm_blueprint/pod.yaml
+++ b/infra/blueprint-test/examples/simple_krm_blueprint/pod.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
@@ -22,4 +21,4 @@ spec:
   - name: nginx
     image: nginx:latest
     ports:
-    - containerPort: 80
+    - containerPort: 80
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infra/blueprint-test/pkg/tft/terraform.go b/infra/blueprint-test/pkg/tft/terraform.go
index 24647d70aa80..3ab668ff21bd 100644
--- a/infra/blueprint-test/pkg/tft/terraform.go
+++ b/infra/blueprint-test/pkg/tft/terraform.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	gotest "testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ type TFBlueprintTest struct {
 	verify                        func(*assert.Assertions) // verify function
 	teardown                      func(*assert.Assertions) // teardown function
 	setupOutputOverrides          map[string]interface{}   // override outputs from the Setup phase
+	tftCacheMutex                 sync.Mutex               // Mutex to protect Terraform plugin cache
 }
 
 type tftOption func(*TFBlueprintTest)
@@ -447,7 +449,10 @@ func (b *TFBlueprintTest) DefaultVerify(assert *assert.Assertions) {
 
 // DefaultInit runs TF init and validate on a blueprint.
 func (b *TFBlueprintTest) DefaultInit(assert *assert.Assertions) {
+	// mutex to prevent parallel calls to Terraform init as plugin cache isn't concurrent safe
+	b.tftCacheMutex.Lock()
 	terraform.Init(b.t, b.GetTFOptions())
+	b.tftCacheMutex.Unlock()
 	// if vars are set for common options, this seems to trigger -var flag when calling validate
 	// using custom tfOptions as a workaround
 	terraform.Validate(b.t, terraform.WithDefaultRetryableErrors(b.t, &terraform.Options{
diff --git a/infra/blueprint-test/test/krm_simple_blueprint_test.go b/infra/blueprint-test/test/krm_simple_blueprint_test.go
index f1098dfd80b5..d639e25e9d35 100644
--- a/infra/blueprint-test/test/krm_simple_blueprint_test.go
+++ b/infra/blueprint-test/test/krm_simple_blueprint_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestKRMSimpleBlueprint(t *testing.T) {
 		func(assert *assert.Assertions) {
 			networkBlueprint.DefaultVerify(assert)
 			k8sOpts := k8s.KubectlOptions{}
-			op, err := k8s.RunKubectlAndGetOutputE(t, &k8sOpts, "get", "pod", "simple-krm-blueprint", "--no-headers", "-o", "custom-columns=:metadata.name")
+			op, err := k8s.RunKubectlAndGetOutput(t, &k8sOpts, "get", "namespace", "simple-krm-blueprint", "--no-headers", "-o", "custom-columns=:metadata.name")
 			assert.NoError(err)
 			assert.Equal("simple-krm-blueprint", op)
 		})
diff --git a/infra/blueprint-test/test/setup/main.tf b/infra/blueprint-test/test/setup/main.tf
index 0f46477fab44..ebeccc0eba60 100644
--- a/infra/blueprint-test/test/setup/main.tf
+++ b/infra/blueprint-test/test/setup/main.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright 2021-2023 Google LLC
+ * Copyright 2021-2024 Google LLC
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ resource "google_service_account_key" "key" {
 
 module "kubernetes-engine_example_simple_autopilot_public" {
   source  = "terraform-google-modules/kubernetes-engine/google//examples/simple_autopilot_public"
-  version                     = "~> 26.0"
+  version                     = "~> 30.0"
   project_id                  = module.project.project_id
 }