diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/schema/defaults/defaults_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/schema/defaults/defaults_test.go
index 2046aafdf32..cdcd73a4441 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/schema/defaults/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/schema/defaults/defaults_test.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestSetDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.CheckDeepEqual(t, "eights", cfg.Build.Artifacts[7].ImageName)
 	testutil.CheckDeepEqual(t, 3, *cfg.Build.Artifacts[7].KanikoArtifact.CopyMaxRetries)
 	testutil.CheckDeepEqual(t, "5m", cfg.Build.Artifacts[7].KanikoArtifact.CopyTimeout)
-	testutil.CheckDeepEqual(t, "1", cfg.Build.Artifacts[7].KanikoArtifact.BuildContextCompressionLevel)
+	testutil.CheckDeepEqual(t, 1, *cfg.Build.Artifacts[7].KanikoArtifact.BuildContextCompressionLevel)
 }
 
 func TestSetDefaultsOnCluster(t *testing.T) {