diff --git a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/infection_monkey/exploit/test_powershell.py b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/infection_monkey/exploit/test_powershell.py
index ef3da4538..9de7f8f54 100644
--- a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/infection_monkey/exploit/test_powershell.py
+++ b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/infection_monkey/exploit/test_powershell.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Config = namedtuple(
 )
 
 
-class TestAuthenticationError(Exception):
+class AuthenticationErrorForTests(Exception):
     pass
 
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def powershell_exploiter(monkeypatch):
         DROPPER_TARGET_PATH_64,
     )
 
-    monkeypatch.setattr(powershell, "AuthenticationError", TestAuthenticationError)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(powershell, "AuthenticationError", AuthenticationErrorForTests)
     monkeypatch.setattr(powershell, "is_windows_os", lambda: True)
     # It's regrettable to mock out a private method on the PowerShellExploiter instance object, but
     # it's necessary to avoid having to deal with the monkeyfs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def test_powershell_disabled(monkeypatch, powershell_exploiter):
 def test_powershell_http(monkeypatch, powershell_exploiter):
     def allow_http(_, credentials: Credentials, auth_options: AuthOptions):
         if not auth_options.ssl:
-            raise TestAuthenticationError
+            raise AuthenticationErrorForTests
         else:
             raise Exception
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_powershell_http(monkeypatch, powershell_exploiter):
 def test_powershell_https(monkeypatch, powershell_exploiter):
     def allow_https(_, credentials: Credentials, auth_options: AuthOptions):
         if auth_options.ssl:
-            raise TestAuthenticationError
+            raise AuthenticationErrorForTests
         else:
             raise Exception
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def test_powershell_https(monkeypatch, powershell_exploiter):
 
 
 def test_no_valid_credentials(monkeypatch, powershell_exploiter):
-    mock_powershell_client = MagicMock(side_effect=TestAuthenticationError)
+    mock_powershell_client = MagicMock(side_effect=AuthenticationErrorForTests)
     monkeypatch.setattr(powershell, "PowerShellClient", mock_powershell_client)
 
     success = powershell_exploiter.exploit_host()
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def authenticate(mock_client):
         if credentials.username == "user1" and credentials.secret == "pass2":
             return mock_client
         else:
-            raise TestAuthenticationError("Invalid credentials")
+            raise AuthenticationErrorForTests("Invalid credentials")
 
     return inner