diff --git a/pkg/cli/command_test.go b/pkg/cli/command_test.go
index ea656c51..b37d6a03 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/command_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/command_test.go
@@ -189,10 +189,11 @@ func TestCommandsFailExecute(t *testing.T) {
 // TestListCommandOutput tests the output of legal list command
 func TestListCommandOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
-		dirName       string
-		focusWorkload string
-		format        string
-		outputFile    string
+		dirName                string
+		focusWorkload          string
+		format                 string
+		outputFile             string
+		specialExpectedOutFile string
 	}{
 		// when focusWorkload is empty, output should be the connlist of the dir
 		// when format is empty - output should be in defaultFormat (txt)
@@ -212,11 +213,12 @@ func TestListCommandOutput(t *testing.T) {
 			dirName:       "acs-security-demos",
 			focusWorkload: "ingress-controller",
 		},
-		// {
-		// 	dirName:       "onlineboutique_workloads",
-		// 	focusWorkload: "emailservice",
-		// 	format:        "json",
-		// },
+		{
+			dirName:                "onlineboutique_workloads",
+			focusWorkload:          "emailservice",
+			format:                 "json",
+			specialExpectedOutFile: filepath.Join("tests_outputs", "onlineboutique_workloads_emailservice.json"),
+		},
 		{
 			dirName:       "onlineboutique_workloads",
 			focusWorkload: "emailservice",
@@ -244,14 +246,19 @@ func TestListCommandOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range cases {
 		tt := tt
+		specialOutFileFlag := false
 		testName, expectedOutputFileName := getListCmdTestNameAndExpectedOutputFile(tt.dirName, tt.focusWorkload, tt.format)
+		if tt.specialExpectedOutFile != "" {
+			expectedOutputFileName = tt.specialExpectedOutFile
+			specialOutFileFlag = true
+		}
 		t.Run(testName, func(t *testing.T) {
 			args := []string{"list", "--dirpath", filepath.Join(testutils.GetTestsDirWithDepth(currentDirDepth), tt.dirName)}
 			args = append(args, addCmdOptionalArgs(tt.format, tt.outputFile, tt.focusWorkload)...)
 			actualOut, err := buildAndExecuteCommand(args)
 			require.Nil(t, err, "test: %q", testName)
 			testutils.CheckActualVsExpectedOutputMatch(t, tt.dirName, expectedOutputFileName, actualOut, testInfo(testName), tt.outputFile,
-				currentDirDepth)
+				currentDirDepth, specialOutFileFlag)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -302,7 +309,7 @@ func TestDiffCommandOutput(t *testing.T) {
 			require.Nil(t, err, "test: %q", testName)
 			expectedOutputFileName := getDiffCmdExpectedOutputFile(tt.dir1, tt.format)
 			testutils.CheckActualVsExpectedOutputMatch(t, tt.dir2, expectedOutputFileName, actualOut, testInfo(testName), tt.outputFile,
-				currentDirDepth)
+				currentDirDepth, false)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cli/tests_outputs/onlineboutique_workloads_emailservice.json b/pkg/cli/tests_outputs/onlineboutique_workloads_emailservice.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3c3fec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cli/tests_outputs/onlineboutique_workloads_emailservice.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  {
+    "src": "default/checkoutservice[Deployment]",
+    "dst": "default/emailservice[Deployment]",
+    "conn": "TCP 8080"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/cli/tests_outputs/test_legal_list.txt b/pkg/cli/tests_outputs/test_legal_list.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a6e0c030..00000000
--- a/pkg/cli/tests_outputs/test_legal_list.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255 => default/redis-cart-78746d49dc[ReplicaSet] : All Connections
-default/checkoutservice-69c8ff664b[ReplicaSet] => default/cartservice-74f56fd4b[ReplicaSet] : TCP 7070
-default/checkoutservice-69c8ff664b[ReplicaSet] => default/currencyservice-77654bbbdd[ReplicaSet] : TCP 7000
-default/checkoutservice-69c8ff664b[ReplicaSet] => default/emailservice-54c7c5d9d[ReplicaSet] : TCP 8080
-default/checkoutservice-69c8ff664b[ReplicaSet] => default/paymentservice-bbcbdc6b6[ReplicaSet] : TCP 50051
-default/checkoutservice-69c8ff664b[ReplicaSet] => default/productcatalogservice-68765d49b6[ReplicaSet] : TCP 3550
-default/checkoutservice-69c8ff664b[ReplicaSet] => default/shippingservice-5bd985c46d[ReplicaSet] : TCP 50051
-default/frontend-99684f7f8[ReplicaSet] => default/adservice-77d5cd745d[ReplicaSet] : TCP 9555
-default/frontend-99684f7f8[ReplicaSet] => default/cartservice-74f56fd4b[ReplicaSet] : TCP 7070
-default/frontend-99684f7f8[ReplicaSet] => default/checkoutservice-69c8ff664b[ReplicaSet] : TCP 5050
-default/frontend-99684f7f8[ReplicaSet] => default/currencyservice-77654bbbdd[ReplicaSet] : TCP 7000
-default/frontend-99684f7f8[ReplicaSet] => default/productcatalogservice-68765d49b6[ReplicaSet] : TCP 3550
-default/frontend-99684f7f8[ReplicaSet] => default/recommendationservice-5f8c456796[ReplicaSet] : TCP 8080
-default/frontend-99684f7f8[ReplicaSet] => default/shippingservice-5bd985c46d[ReplicaSet] : TCP 50051
-default/loadgenerator-555fbdc87d[ReplicaSet] => default/frontend-99684f7f8[ReplicaSet] : TCP 8080
-default/recommendationservice-5f8c456796[ReplicaSet] => default/productcatalogservice-68765d49b6[ReplicaSet] : TCP 3550
-default/redis-cart-78746d49dc[ReplicaSet] => 0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255 : All Connections
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/internal/testutils/testutils.go b/pkg/internal/testutils/testutils.go
index 3945ceae..a9400c5a 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/testutils/testutils.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/testutils/testutils.go
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ func DiffTestName(ref1, ref2 string) string {
 // if not generates actual output file
 // if --update flag is on, writes the actual output to the expected output file
 func CheckActualVsExpectedOutputMatch(t *testing.T, dirName, expectedOutputFileName, actualOutput, testInfo, outFile string,
-	currDirDepth int) {
+	currDirDepth int, specialOutputFilePath bool) {
 	expectedOutputFile := filepath.Join(GetTestsDirWithDepth(currDirDepth), dirName, expectedOutputFileName)
+	if specialOutputFilePath { // expected output file is given as a path (not under test dir)
+		expectedOutputFile = expectedOutputFileName
+	}
 	// if the --update flag is on (then generate/ override the expected output file with the actualOutput)
 	if *update {
 		err := output.WriteToFile(actualOutput, expectedOutputFile)
diff --git a/pkg/netpol/connlist/connlist_test.go b/pkg/netpol/connlist/connlist_test.go
index 4dc15c91..1f335a93 100644
--- a/pkg/netpol/connlist/connlist_test.go
+++ b/pkg/netpol/connlist/connlist_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestConnListFromDir(t *testing.T) {
 				out, err := pTest.analyzer.ConnectionsListToString(res)
 				require.Nil(t, err, pTest.testInfo)
 				testutils.CheckActualVsExpectedOutputMatch(t, tt.testDirName,
-					pTest.expectedOutputFileName, out, pTest.testInfo, "", testutils.StandardPkgLevelDepth)
+					pTest.expectedOutputFileName, out, pTest.testInfo, "", testutils.StandardPkgLevelDepth, false)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestConnListFromResourceInfos(t *testing.T) {
 				out, err := pTest.analyzer.ConnectionsListToString(res)
 				require.Nil(t, err, pTest.testInfo)
 				testutils.CheckActualVsExpectedOutputMatch(t, tt.testDirName,
-					pTest.expectedOutputFileName, out, pTest.testInfo, "", testutils.StandardPkgLevelDepth)
+					pTest.expectedOutputFileName, out, pTest.testInfo, "", testutils.StandardPkgLevelDepth, false)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/netpol/diff/diff_test.go b/pkg/netpol/diff/diff_test.go
index 87ca7956..3c41a18c 100644
--- a/pkg/netpol/diff/diff_test.go
+++ b/pkg/netpol/diff/diff_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					actualOutput, err := pTest.analyzer.ConnectivityDiffToString(diffRes)
 					require.Nil(t, err, pTest.testInfo)
 					testutils.CheckActualVsExpectedOutputMatch(t, tt.secondDirName,
-						pTest.expectedOutputFileName, actualOutput, pTest.testInfo, "", testutils.StandardPkgLevelDepth)
+						pTest.expectedOutputFileName, actualOutput, pTest.testInfo, "", testutils.StandardPkgLevelDepth, false)
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func TestDiffOutputWithArgNamesOption(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Nil(t, err)
 		testName := "TsetOutputWithArgNamesOption." + format
 		testutils.CheckActualVsExpectedOutputMatch(t, ref2,
-			testName, res, testName, "", testutils.StandardPkgLevelDepth)
+			testName, res, testName, "", testutils.StandardPkgLevelDepth, false)
 	}
 }