diff --git a/TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/Windows/Characterization/Windows_Characterization.cs b/TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/Windows/Characterization/Windows_Characterization.cs
index 06628db72..801b8bc3a 100644
--- a/TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/Windows/Characterization/Windows_Characterization.cs
+++ b/TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/Windows/Characterization/Windows_Characterization.cs
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ public void MCPSetupWindow_CachesMultipleUIElements_InCreateGUI()
         public void MCPSetupWindow_ModifiesClassListForStatus_ValidInvalidPattern()
         {
             var type = typeof(MCPSetupWindow);
-            var method = type.GetMethod("UpdateDependencyStatus", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
+            // Static as well as Instance: the method takes every element it touches as an argument,
+            // so it carries no instance state and is declared static. Looking it up with Instance
+            // alone returned null and failed this test rather than reporting a behaviour change.
+            var method = type.GetMethod("UpdateDependencyStatus",
+                BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance);
 
             Assert.IsNotNull(method, "Should have UpdateDependencyStatus method");