diff --git a/pkg/apis/externaldns/types_test.go b/pkg/apis/externaldns/types_test.go
index ab77cc9ec8..a372f6a387 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/externaldns/types_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/externaldns/types_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ var (
 		AzureSubscriptionID:         "",
 		CloudflareProxied:           false,
 		CloudflareDNSRecordsPerPage: 100,
-		CloudflareRegionKey:		 "",
+		CloudflareRegionKey:         "",
 		CoreDNSPrefix:               "/skydns/",
 		AkamaiServiceConsumerDomain: "",
 		AkamaiClientToken:           "",
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ var (
 		TXTOwnerID:                  "default",
 		TXTPrefix:                   "",
 		TXTCacheInterval:            0,
+		TXTNewFormatOnly:            false,
 		Interval:                    time.Minute,
 		MinEventSyncInterval:        5 * time.Second,
 		Once:                        false,
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ var (
 		AzureSubscriptionID:         "arg",
 		CloudflareProxied:           true,
 		CloudflareDNSRecordsPerPage: 5000,
-		CloudflareRegionKey: 		 "us",
+		CloudflareRegionKey:         "us",
 		CoreDNSPrefix:               "/coredns/",
 		AkamaiServiceConsumerDomain: "oooo-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.luna.akamaiapis.net",
 		AkamaiClientToken:           "o184671d5307a388180fbf7f11dbdf46",
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ var (
 		TXTOwnerID:                  "owner-1",
 		TXTPrefix:                   "associated-txt-record",
 		TXTCacheInterval:            12 * time.Hour,
+		TXTNewFormatOnly:            true,
 		Interval:                    10 * time.Minute,
 		MinEventSyncInterval:        50 * time.Second,
 		Once:                        true,
@@ -338,6 +340,7 @@ func TestParseFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				"--txt-owner-id=owner-1",
 				"--txt-prefix=associated-txt-record",
 				"--txt-cache-interval=12h",
+				"--txt-new-format-only",
 				"--dynamodb-table=custom-table",
 				"--interval=10m",
 				"--min-event-sync-interval=50s",
@@ -399,7 +402,7 @@ func TestParseFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID":           "arg",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_CLOUDFLARE_PROXIED":              "1",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_CLOUDFLARE_DNS_RECORDS_PER_PAGE": "5000",
-				"EXTERNAL_DNS_CLOUDFLARE_REGION_KEY":			"us",
+				"EXTERNAL_DNS_CLOUDFLARE_REGION_KEY":           "us",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_COREDNS_PREFIX":                  "/coredns/",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_AKAMAI_SERVICECONSUMERDOMAIN":    "oooo-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.luna.akamaiapis.net",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_AKAMAI_CLIENT_TOKEN":             "o184671d5307a388180fbf7f11dbdf46",
@@ -451,6 +454,7 @@ func TestParseFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_TXT_OWNER_ID":                    "owner-1",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_TXT_PREFIX":                      "associated-txt-record",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_TXT_CACHE_INTERVAL":              "12h",
+				"EXTERNAL_DNS_TXT_NEW_FORMAT_ONLY":             "1",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_INTERVAL":                        "10m",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_MIN_EVENT_SYNC_INTERVAL":         "50s",
 				"EXTERNAL_DNS_ONCE":                            "1",