diff --git a/internal/tests/cli/boundary/_targets.bash b/internal/tests/cli/boundary/_targets.bash
index cd68a1e48..048039f20 100644
--- a/internal/tests/cli/boundary/_targets.bash
+++ b/internal/tests/cli/boundary/_targets.bash
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ function create_tcp_target_with_addr() {
     -format json
 }
 
+function update_tcp_target() {
+  boundary targets \
+    update tcp $@
+}
+
 function read_target() {
   boundary targets read -id $1 -format json
 }
diff --git a/internal/tests/cli/boundary/target.bats b/internal/tests/cli/boundary/target.bats
index f609a2ad6..8fc83606f 100644
--- a/internal/tests/cli/boundary/target.bats
+++ b/internal/tests/cli/boundary/target.bats
@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@ load _target_host_sources
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
 
+@test "boundary/target/client_port: admin user set can set a client port" {
+  local id=$(target_id_from_name $DEFAULT_P_ID $TGT_NAME)
+  run update_tcp_target -id $id -default-client-port 1234
+  echo "$output"
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+  run read_target $id
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  got=$(echo "$output")
+
+  echo "$got"
+  run field_eq "$got" ".item.attributes.default_client_port" "1234"
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
 @test "boundary/target: default user can delete target" {
   local id=$(target_id_from_name $DEFAULT_P_ID $TGT_NAME)
   run delete_target $id
@@ -134,4 +149,4 @@ load _target_host_sources
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
   run update_address $id "localhost"
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}