diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
index 8b071915509..a475478c221 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -635,6 +635,27 @@ func TestValidateKubeletConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 			return config
 		},
 		errMsg: `invalid configuration: pod logs path "/🧪" mut contains ASCII characters only`,
+	}, {
+		name: "invalid ContainerRuntimeEndpoint",
+		configure: func(conf *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration {
+			conf.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint = ""
+			return conf
+		},
+		errMsg: "invalid configuration: the containerRuntimeEndpoint was not specified or empty",
+	}, {
+		name: "invalid Logging configuration",
+		configure: func(conf *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration {
+			conf.Logging.Format = "invalid"
+			return conf
+		},
+		errMsg: "logging.format: Invalid value: \"invalid\": Unsupported log format",
+	}, {
+		name: "invalid FeatureGate",
+		configure: func(conf *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration {
+			conf.FeatureGates["invalid"] = true
+			return conf
+		},
+		errMsg: "unrecognized feature gate: invalid",
 	},
 	}