diff --git a/openstack_operator/templates/mcrouter/podmonitor.yml.j2 b/openstack_operator/templates/mcrouter/podmonitor.yml.j2
index 22e13d52..31a284f8 100644
--- a/openstack_operator/templates/mcrouter/podmonitor.yml.j2
+++ b/openstack_operator/templates/mcrouter/podmonitor.yml.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ metadata:
     {{ labels("mcrouter", name) | indent(4) }}
 spec:
   podMetricsEndpoints:
-  - interval: 15s
+  - interval: 30s
     path: /metrics
     port: metrics
   selector:
diff --git a/openstack_operator/tests/unit/base.py b/openstack_operator/tests/unit/base.py
index b93a0892..28ebff31 100644
--- a/openstack_operator/tests/unit/base.py
+++ b/openstack_operator/tests/unit/base.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class KubernetesObjectTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
     """Base class for Kubernetes object tests."""
 
     SAMPLES_PATH = 'config/samples'
+    SAMPLE_FILE = ''
+    TEMPLATE_FILE = ''
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):