diff --git a/pkg/kube/pod.go b/pkg/kube/pod.go
index e19c8cc0560..92967c7236f 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/pod.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const (
 	// PodReadyWaitTimeoutEnv is the env var to get pod ready wait timeout
 	PodReadyWaitTimeoutEnv = "KANISTER_POD_READY_WAIT_TIMEOUT"
 	errAccessingNode       = "Failed to get node"
-	defaultContainerName   = "container"
+	DefaultContainerName   = "container"
 )
 
 // PodOptions specifies options for `CreatePod`
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func GetPodObjectFromPodOptions(cli kubernetes.Interface, opts *PodOptions) (*v1
 	defaultSpecs := v1.PodSpec{
 		Containers: []v1.Container{
 			{
-				Name:            defaultContainerName,
+				Name:            DefaultContainerName,
 				Image:           opts.Image,
 				Command:         opts.Command,
 				ImagePullPolicy: v1.PullPolicy(v1.PullIfNotPresent),
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func GetPodObjectFromPodOptions(cli kubernetes.Interface, opts *PodOptions) (*v1
 
 	// Always put the main container the first
 	sort.Slice(patchedSpecs.Containers, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return patchedSpecs.Containers[i].Name == defaultContainerName
+		return patchedSpecs.Containers[i].Name == DefaultContainerName
 	})
 
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func ContainerNameFromPodOptsOrDefault(po *PodOptions) string {
 		return po.ContainerName
 	}
 
-	return defaultContainerName
+	return DefaultContainerName
 }
 
 // CreatePod creates a pod with a single container based on the specified image
diff --git a/pkg/kube/pod_test.go b/pkg/kube/pod_test.go
index 69a16d0de38..6fb99117d02 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/pod_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/pod_test.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (s *PodSuite) TestPod(c *C) {
 		case po.ContainerName != "":
 			c.Assert(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name, Equals, po.ContainerName)
 		default:
-			c.Assert(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name, Equals, defaultContainerName)
+			c.Assert(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name, Equals, DefaultContainerName)
 		}
 
 		switch {
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ func (s *PodControllerTestSuite) TestContainerNameFromPodOptsOrDefault(c *C) {
 		},
 		{
 			podOptsContainerName:  "",
-			expectedContainerName: defaultContainerName,
+			expectedContainerName: DefaultContainerName,
 		},
 	} {
 		name := ContainerNameFromPodOptsOrDefault(&PodOptions{
@@ -903,5 +903,5 @@ func (s *PodControllerTestSuite) TestContainerNameFromPodOptsOrDefault(c *C) {
 	}
 
 	name := ContainerNameFromPodOptsOrDefault(&PodOptions{})
-	c.Assert(name, Equals, defaultContainerName)
+	c.Assert(name, Equals, DefaultContainerName)
 }