diff --git a/pyrit/prompt_target/openai/openai_realtime_target.py b/pyrit/prompt_target/openai/openai_realtime_target.py
index fcf2e1aa3..005f77c03 100644
--- a/pyrit/prompt_target/openai/openai_realtime_target.py
+++ b/pyrit/prompt_target/openai/openai_realtime_target.py
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ async def connect(self):
 
         logger.info(f"Connecting to WebSocket: {self._endpoint}")
 
-        websocket_url = f"{self._endpoint}/openai/realtime"
+        base_url = f"{self._endpoint}/openai/realtime"
         query_params = {
             "api-version": self._api_version,
             "deployment": self._deployment_name,
             "api-key": self._api_key,
             "OpenAI-Beta": "realtime=v1",
         }
-        url = f"{websocket_url}?{urlencode(query_params)}"
+        url = f"{base_url}?{urlencode(query_params)}"
 
         self.websocket = await websockets.connect(url)
         logger.info("Successfully connected to AzureOpenAI Realtime API")
diff --git a/tests/unit/target/test_realtime_target.py b/tests/unit/target/test_realtime_target.py
index 6872f82f3..1abc9b1c9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/target/test_realtime_target.py
+++ b/tests/unit/target/test_realtime_target.py
@@ -11,19 +11,18 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def target(duckdb_instance):
-    return RealtimeTarget(
-        api_key="test_key", endpoint="wss://test_url", deployment_name="test_deployment", api_version="v1"
-    )
+    return RealtimeTarget(api_key="test_key", endpoint="wss://test_url", deployment_name="test", api_version="v1")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_connect_success(target):
     # Mock the websockets.connect method
+    url = ("wss://test_url/openai/realtime?api-version=v1&deployment=test&api-key=test_key&OpenAI-Beta=realtime%3Dv1",)
+
     with patch("websockets.connect", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_connect:
         await target.connect()
         mock_connect.assert_called_once_with(
-            "wss://test_url/openai/realtime?api-version=v1&deployment=test_deployment&api-key=test_key",
-            extra_headers={"Authorization": "Bearer test_key", "OpenAI-Beta": "realtime=v1"},
+            url,
         )
         assert target.websocket == mock_connect.return_value