diff --git a/tests/unitary/default_setup/telemetry/test_telemetry_client.py b/tests/unitary/default_setup/telemetry/test_telemetry_client.py
index a0efd8cb1..fa5c733c1 100644
--- a/tests/unitary/default_setup/telemetry/test_telemetry_client.py
+++ b/tests/unitary/default_setup/telemetry/test_telemetry_client.py
@@ -1,59 +1,69 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 # Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl/
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
-
-from unittest.mock import patch, PropertyMock
+import oci
 
 from ads.telemetry.client import TelemetryClient
 
-class TestTelemetryClient:
-    """Contains unittests for TelemetryClient."""
+TEST_CONFIG = {
+    "tenancy": "ocid1.tenancy.oc1..unique_ocid",
+    "user": "ocid1.user.oc1..unique_ocid",
+    "fingerprint": "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00",
+    "key_file": "<path>/<to>/<key_file>",
+    "region": "test_region",
+}
 
-    endpoint = "https://objectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com"
+EXPECTED_ENDPOINT = "https://objectstorage.test_region.oraclecloud.com"
 
-    def mocked_requests_head(*args, **kwargs):
-        class MockResponse:
-            def __init__(self, status_code):
-                self.status_code = status_code
 
-        return MockResponse(200)
+class TestTelemetryClient:
+    """Contains unittests for TelemetryClient."""
 
-    @patch('requests.head', side_effect=mocked_requests_head)
-    @patch('ads.telemetry.client.TelemetryClient.service_endpoint', new_callable=PropertyMock,
-           return_value=endpoint)
-    def test_telemetry_client_record_event(self, mock_endpoint, mock_head):
-        """Tests TelemetryClient.record_event() with category/action and path, respectively.
-        """
+    @patch("oci.base_client.BaseClient.request")
+    @patch("oci.signer.Signer")
+    def test_telemetry_client_record_event(self, signer, request_call):
+        """Tests TelemetryClient.record_event() with category/action and path, respectively."""
         data = {
             "cmd": "ads aqua model list",
             "category": "aqua/service/model",
             "action": "list",
             "bucket": "test_bucket",
             "namespace": "test_namespace",
-            "value": {
-                "keyword": "test_service_model_name_or_id"
-            }
+            "value": {"keyword": "test_service_model_name_or_id"},
         }
         category = data["category"]
         action = data["action"]
         bucket = data["bucket"]
         namespace = data["namespace"]
         value = data["value"]
-        expected_endpoint = f"{self.endpoint}/n/{namespace}/b/{bucket}/o/telemetry/{category}/{action}"
 
-        telemetry = TelemetryClient(bucket=bucket, namespace=namespace)
+        with patch("oci.config.from_file", return_value=TEST_CONFIG):
+            telemetry = TelemetryClient(bucket=bucket, namespace=namespace)
         telemetry.record_event(category=category, action=action)
         telemetry.record_event(category=category, action=action, **value)
 
-        expected_headers = [
-            {'User-Agent': ''},
-            {'User-Agent': 'keyword=test_service_model_name_or_id'}
+        expected_agent_headers = [
+            "",
+            "keyword=test_service_model_name_or_id",
         ]
-        i = 0
-        for call_args in mock_head.call_args_list:
-            args, kwargs = call_args
-            assert all(endpoint == expected_endpoint for endpoint in args)
-            assert kwargs['headers'] == expected_headers[i]
-            i += 1
+
+        assert len(request_call.call_args_list) == 2
+        expected_url = f"{EXPECTED_ENDPOINT}/n/{namespace}/b/{bucket}/o/telemetry/{category}/{action}"
+
+        # Event #1, no user-agent
+        args, _ = request_call.call_args_list[0]
+        request: oci.request.Request = args[0]
+        operation = args[2]
+        assert request.url == expected_url
+        assert operation == "head_object"
+        assert request.header_params["user-agent"] == expected_agent_headers[0]
+
+        # Event #2, with user-agent
+        args, _ = request_call.call_args_list[1]
+        request: oci.request.Request = args[0]
+        operation = args[2]
+        assert request.url == expected_url
+        assert operation == "head_object"
+        assert request.header_params["user-agent"] == expected_agent_headers[1]