diff --git a/bastion/tests/integration/pxe-provision.test.ts b/bastion/tests/integration/pxe-provision.test.ts
index ad45dc5..2d1f20b 100644
--- a/bastion/tests/integration/pxe-provision.test.ts
+++ b/bastion/tests/integration/pxe-provision.test.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const VM_MEMORY = 4096;     // 4GB (Anaconda needs ~2GB minimum)
 const VM_VCPUS = 12;
 const VM_DISK_GB = 250;      // LVM layout needs ~204GB (swap 27 + root 33 + var 100 + etc). QCOW2 is sparse.
 const HTTP_PORT = 8099;      // Avoid conflicts with real bastion
-const SSH_USER = "root";     // Use root SSH for baseline testing
+const SSH_USER = "lab";      // Admin user created by kickstart
 const BASTION_IP = PXE_GATEWAY; // 192.168.251.1
 const DHCP_RANGE_START = `${PXE_SUBNET}.100`;
 const DHCP_RANGE_END = `${PXE_SUBNET}.200`;