diff --git a/tests/test_accessors.py b/tests/test_accessors.py
index 05e0c13a..122f8663 100644
--- a/tests/test_accessors.py
+++ b/tests/test_accessors.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def test_data_frame_accessor_compute_metrics(
 )
 def test_categorical_plot_success(candidate_map, crs, entries):
     candidate_map.rio.set_crs(crs)
-    viz_object = candidate_map.gval.cat_plot()
+    viz_object = candidate_map.gval.cat_plot(basemap=None)
     assert len(viz_object.axes.get_legend().texts) == entries
 
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def test_categorical_plot_success(candidate_map, crs, entries):
 def test_categorical_plot_fail(candidate_map, legend_labels, num_classes):
     candidate_map.data = np.random.choice(np.arange(num_classes), candidate_map.shape)
     with raises(ValueError):
-        _ = candidate_map.gval.cat_plot(legend_labels=legend_labels)
+        _ = candidate_map.gval.cat_plot(legend_labels=legend_labels, basemap=None)
 
 
 @parametrize_with_cases(
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ def test_categorical_plot_fail(candidate_map, legend_labels, num_classes):
     glob="continuous_plot_success",
 )
 def test_continuous_plot_success(candidate_map, axes):
-    viz_object = candidate_map.gval.cont_plot()
+    args = {} if axes == 2 else {"basemap": None}
+    viz_object = candidate_map.gval.cont_plot(**args)
     assert len(viz_object.figure.axes) == axes