1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/pipeline_deletion_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/pipeline_deletion_spec.rb
index 0bbb0ed897a..1d1b765bb9f 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/pipeline_deletion_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/4_verify/pipeline_deletion_spec.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module QA
       end
 
       let!(:pipeline_id) do
-        pipeline_create_request = Runtime::API::Request.new(api_client, "/projects/#{project.id}/pipeline?ref=master")
+        pipeline_create_request = Runtime::API::Request.new(api_client, "/projects/#{project.id}/pipeline?ref=#{project.default_branch}")
         JSON.parse(post(pipeline_create_request.url, nil))['id']
       end
 
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ module QA
             deleted_pipeline = pipeline
             !pipeline.empty?
           end
+
+          raise "Pipeline response does not have a 'message' key: #{deleted_pipeline}" unless deleted_pipeline&.key?('message')
+
           expect(deleted_pipeline['message'].downcase).to have_content('404 not found')
         end
       end