diff --git a/cosmos/operators/eks.py b/cosmos/operators/eks.py
index 6a31841a2..5165aa067 100644
--- a/cosmos/operators/eks.py
+++ b/cosmos/operators/eks.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     DbtSnapshotKubernetesOperator, DbtSeedKubernetesOperator, DbtLSKubernetesOperator
 
 DEFAULT_CONN_ID = "aws_default"
+DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
 
 
 class DbtEksBaseOperator(DbtKubernetesBaseOperator):
@@ -27,16 +28,19 @@ def __init__(
             self,
             cluster_name: str,
             pod_name: str | None = None,
+            namespace: str | None = DEFAULT_NAMESPACE,
             aws_conn_id: str = DEFAULT_CONN_ID,
             region: str | None = None,
             **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         self.cluster_name = cluster_name
         self.pod_name = pod_name
+        self.namespace = namespace
         self.aws_conn_id = aws_conn_id
         self.region = region
         super().__init__(
             name=self.pod_name,
+            namespace=self.namespace,
             **kwargs,
         )
         # There is no need to manage the kube_config file, as it will be generated automatically.
diff --git a/tests/operators/test_eks.py b/tests/operators/test_eks.py
index cdd8016b2..0809724d6 100644
--- a/tests/operators/test_eks.py
+++ b/tests/operators/test_eks.py
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
 
 from cosmos.operators.eks import DbtLSEksOperator, DbtSeedEksOperator, DbtBuildEksOperator, DbtTestEksOperator, \
     DbtRunEksOperator
 
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def mock_kubernetes_execute():
+    with patch("cosmos.operators.kubernetes.KubernetesPodOperator.execute") as mock_execute:
+        yield mock_execute
+
+
 base_kwargs = {
     "conn_id": "my_airflow_connection",
     "cluster_name": "my-cluster",
@@ -15,29 +24,51 @@
     },
     "no_version_check": True,
 }
-result_map = {
-    "ls": DbtLSEksOperator(**base_kwargs),
-    "run": DbtRunEksOperator(**base_kwargs),
-    "test": DbtTestEksOperator(**base_kwargs),
-    "build": DbtBuildEksOperator(**base_kwargs),
-    "seed": DbtSeedEksOperator(**base_kwargs),
-}
 
 
-def test_dbt_kubernetes_build_command():
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("command_name,command_operator", [
+    ("ls", DbtLSEksOperator(**base_kwargs)),
+    ("run", DbtRunEksOperator(**base_kwargs)),
+    ("test", DbtTestEksOperator(**base_kwargs)),
+    ("build", DbtBuildEksOperator(**base_kwargs)),
+    ("seed", DbtSeedEksOperator(**base_kwargs)),
+])
+def test_dbt_kubernetes_build_command(command_name, command_operator ):
     """
     Since we know that the KubernetesOperator is tested, we can just test that the
     command is built correctly and added to the "arguments" parameter.
     """
-    for command_name, command_operator in result_map.items():
-        command_operator.build_kube_args(context=MagicMock(), cmd_flags=MagicMock())
-        assert command_operator.arguments == [
-            "dbt",
-            command_name,
-            "--vars",
-            "end_time: '{{ data_interval_end.strftime(''%Y%m%d%H%M%S'') }}'\n"
-            "start_time: '{{ data_interval_start.strftime(''%Y%m%d%H%M%S'') }}'\n",
-            "--no-version-check",
-            "--project-dir",
-            "my/dir",
-        ]
+    command_operator.build_kube_args(context=MagicMock(), cmd_flags=MagicMock())
+    assert command_operator.arguments == [
+        "dbt",
+        command_name,
+        "--vars",
+        "end_time: '{{ data_interval_end.strftime(''%Y%m%d%H%M%S'') }}'\n"
+        "start_time: '{{ data_interval_start.strftime(''%Y%m%d%H%M%S'') }}'\n",
+        "--no-version-check",
+        "--project-dir",
+        "my/dir",
+    ]
+
+
+@patch("cosmos.operators.kubernetes.DbtKubernetesBaseOperator.build_kube_args")
+@patch("cosmos.operators.eks.EksHook.generate_config_file")
+def test_dbt_kubernetes_operator_execute(mock_generate_config_file, mock_build_kube_args, mock_kubernetes_execute):
+    """Tests that the execute method call results in both the build_kube_args method and the kubernetes execute method being called."""
+    operator = DbtLSEksOperator(
+        conn_id="my_airflow_connection",
+        cluster_name="my-cluster",
+        task_id="my-task",
+        image="my_image",
+        project_dir="my/dir",
+    )
+    operator.execute(context={})
+    # Assert that the build_kube_args method was called in the execution
+    mock_build_kube_args.assert_called_once()
+
+    # Assert that the generate_config_file method was called in the execution to create the kubeconfig for eks
+    mock_generate_config_file.assert_called_once_with(eks_cluster_name='my-cluster', pod_namespace='default')
+
+    # Assert that the kubernetes execute method was called in the execution
+    mock_kubernetes_execute.assert_called_once()
+    assert mock_kubernetes_execute.call_args.args[-1] == {}