diff --git a/prowler/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider.py b/prowler/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider.py
index c9967d412d..53ebfa8139 100644
--- a/prowler/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider.py
+++ b/prowler/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider.py
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ def setup_session(
     def test_connection(
         kubeconfig_file: str = "~/.kube/config",
         kubeconfig_content: dict = None,
+        namespace: str = None,
         input_context: str = "",
         raise_on_exception: bool = True,
     ) -> Connection:
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ def test_connection(
         Args:
             kubeconfig_file (str): Path to the kubeconfig file.
             kubeconfig_content (dict): Content of the kubeconfig file.
+            namespace (str): Namespace name.
             input_context (str): Context name.
             raise_on_exception (bool): Whether to raise an exception on error.
         Returns:
@@ -225,7 +227,12 @@ def test_connection(
             KubernetesProvider.setup_session(
                 kubeconfig_file, kubeconfig_content, input_context
             )
-            client.CoreV1Api().list_namespace(timeout_seconds=2, _request_timeout=2)
+            if namespace:
+                client.CoreV1Api().list_namespaced_pod(
+                    namespace, timeout_seconds=2, _request_timeout=2
+                )
+            else:
+                client.CoreV1Api().list_namespace(timeout_seconds=2, _request_timeout=2)
             return Connection(is_connected=True)
         except KubernetesSetUpSessionError as setup_session_error:
             logger.critical(
diff --git a/tests/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider_test.py b/tests/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider_test.py
index cc485b0745..cbffd29526 100644
--- a/tests/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider_test.py
+++ b/tests/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider_test.py
@@ -182,3 +182,42 @@ def test_kubernetes_test_connection_with_kubeconfig_file(
 
         assert connection.is_connected
         assert connection.error is None
+
+    @patch(
+        "prowler.providers.kubernetes.kubernetes_provider.client.CoreV1Api.list_namespaced_pod"
+    )
+    @patch("kubernetes.config.list_kube_config_contexts")
+    @patch("kubernetes.config.load_kube_config")
+    def test_kubernetes_test_connection_with_namespace_input(
+        self,
+        mock_load_kube_config,
+        mock_list_kube_config_contexts,
+        mock_list_namespaced_pod,
+    ):
+        mock_load_kube_config.return_value = None
+        mock_list_kube_config_contexts.return_value = (
+            [
+                {
+                    "name": "test-context",
+                    "context": {
+                        "cluster": "test-cluster",
+                        "user": "test-user",
+                    },
+                }
+            ],
+            None,
+        )
+        mock_list_namespaced_pod.return_value.items = [
+            client.V1Pod(metadata=client.V1ObjectMeta(name="pod-1")),
+        ]
+
+        connection = KubernetesProvider.test_connection(
+            kubeconfig_file="dummy_kubeconfig_path",
+            kubeconfig_content={},
+            namespace="test-namespace",
+            input_context="test-context",
+            raise_on_exception=False,
+        )
+
+        assert connection.is_connected
+        assert connection.error is None