diff --git a/test/conformance/testdata/conformance.txt b/test/conformance/testdata/conformance.txt
index 7f5af238663..c727e119ea2 100644
--- a/test/conformance/testdata/conformance.txt
+++ b/test/conformance/testdata/conformance.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ test/e2e/apimachinery/watch.go: "should be able to start watching from a specifi
 test/e2e/apimachinery/watch.go: "should be able to restart watching from the last resource version observed by the previous watch"
 test/e2e/apimachinery/watch.go: "should observe an object deletion if it stops meeting the requirements of the selector"
 test/e2e/apimachinery/watch.go: "should receive events on concurrent watches in same order"
+test/e2e/apimachinery/table_conversion.go: "should return a 406 for a backend which does not implement metadata"
 test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go: "should run and stop simple daemon"
 test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go: "should run and stop complex daemon"
 test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go: "should retry creating failed daemon pods"
diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/table_conversion.go b/test/e2e/apimachinery/table_conversion.go
index d4dd46be786..790faf018f9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/table_conversion.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/table_conversion.go
@@ -145,7 +145,13 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Servers with support for Table transformation", func() {
 		e2elog.Logf("Table:\n%s", out)
 	})
 
-	ginkgo.It("should return a 406 for a backend which does not implement metadata", func() {
+	/*
+			    Release : v1.16
+				Testname: API metadata HTTP return
+				Description: Issue a HTTP request to the API.
+		        HTTP request MUST return a HTTP status code of 406.
+	*/
+	framework.ConformanceIt("should return a 406 for a backend which does not implement metadata", func() {
 		c := f.ClientSet
 
 		table := &metav1beta1.Table{}
@@ -157,7 +163,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Servers with support for Table transformation", func() {
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		err := c.AuthorizationV1().RESTClient().Post().Resource("selfsubjectaccessreviews").SetHeader("Accept", "application/json;as=Table;v=v1beta1;g=meta.k8s.io").Body(sar).Do().Into(table)
+		err := c.AuthorizationV1().RESTClient().Post().Resource("selfsubjectaccessreviews").SetHeader("Accept", "application/json;as=Table;v=v1;g=meta.k8s.io").Body(sar).Do().Into(table)
 		framework.ExpectError(err, "failed to return error when posting self subject access review: %+v, to a backend that does not implement metadata", sar)
 		gomega.Expect(err.(errors.APIStatus).Status().Code).To(gomega.Equal(int32(406)))
 	})