diff --git a/sros2/test/sros2/commands/security/verbs/test_create_permission.py b/sros2/test/sros2/commands/security/verbs/test_create_permission.py
index 597cd2e2..a5ec09bd 100644
--- a/sros2/test/sros2/commands/security/verbs/test_create_permission.py
+++ b/sros2/test/sros2/commands/security/verbs/test_create_permission.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 import rclpy
 from ros2cli import cli
 from sros2.api import _key, _keystore, _permission
+from sros2.policy import get_transport_schema
+
+
+_test_identity = '/talker_listener/talker'
 
 
 # This fixture will run once for the entire module (as opposed to once per test)
@@ -30,16 +34,16 @@ def security_context_dir(tmpdir_factory, test_policy_dir) -> pathlib.Path:
 
     # First, create the keystore as well as a keypair for the talker
     assert _keystore.create_keystore(keystore_dir)
-    assert _key.create_key(keystore_dir, '/talker_listener/talker')
+    assert _key.create_key(keystore_dir, _test_identity)
 
-    security_files_dir = keystore_dir / 'contexts' / 'talker_listener' / 'talker'
+    security_files_dir = keystore_dir.joinpath(f'contexts{_test_identity}')
     assert security_files_dir.is_dir()
 
     # Now using that keystore, create a permissions file using the sample policy
     policy_file_path = test_policy_dir / 'sample.policy.xml'
     assert cli.main(
         argv=[
-            'security', 'create_permission', str(keystore_dir), '/talker_listener/talker',
+            'security', 'create_permission', str(keystore_dir), _test_identity,
             str(policy_file_path)]) == 0
 
     # Return path to directory containing the identity's files
@@ -50,9 +54,13 @@ def test_create_permission(security_context_dir):
     assert security_context_dir.joinpath('permissions.xml').is_file()
     assert security_context_dir.joinpath('permissions.p7s').is_file()
 
-    # Give the generated permissions XML a smoke test
     tree = lxml.etree.parse(str(security_context_dir.joinpath('permissions.xml')))
 
+    # Validate the schema
+    permissions_xsd_path = get_transport_schema('dds', 'permissions.xsd')
+    permissions_xsd = lxml.etree.XMLSchema(lxml.etree.parse(permissions_xsd_path))
+    permissions_xsd.assertValid(tree)
+
     dds = tree.getroot()
     assert dds.tag == 'dds'
 
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ def test_create_permission(security_context_dir):
 
     grants = list(permissions[0].iterchildren(tag='grant'))
     assert len(grants) == 1
-    assert grants[0].get('name') == '/talker_listener/talker'
+    assert grants[0].get('name') == _test_identity
 
     allow_rules = list(grants[0].iterchildren(tag='allow_rule'))
     if rclpy.get_rmw_implementation_identifier() in _permission._RMW_WITH_ROS_GRAPH_INFO_TOPIC:
@@ -78,12 +86,12 @@ def test_create_permission(security_context_dir):
     published_topics_set = list(publish_rules[0].iterchildren(tag='topics'))
     assert len(published_topics_set) == 1
     published_topics = [c.text for c in published_topics_set[0].iterchildren(tag='topic')]
-    assert len(published_topics) == 15
+    assert len(published_topics) > 0
 
     subscribed_topics_set = list(subscribe_rules[0].iterchildren(tag='topics'))
     assert len(subscribed_topics_set) == 1
     subscribed_topics = [c.text for c in subscribed_topics_set[0].iterchildren(tag='topic')]
-    assert len(subscribed_topics) == 14
+    assert len(subscribed_topics) > 0
 
     # Verify that publication is allowed on chatter, but not subscription
     assert 'rt/chatter' in published_topics