diff --git a/tests/test_updater.py b/tests/test_updater.py
index 95899cbd..a586c0fc 100755
--- a/tests/test_updater.py
+++ b/tests/test_updater.py
@@ -1579,7 +1579,11 @@ def verify_target_file(targets_path):
       self.repository_updater._hard_check_file_length(targets_path, file_size)
       self.repository_updater._check_hashes(targets_path, file_hashes)
 
+    self.repository_updater._get_file('targets.json', verify_target_file,
+        file_type, file_size, download_safely=True)
 
+    self.repository_updater._get_file('targets.json', verify_target_file,
+        file_type, file_size, download_safely=False)