diff --git a/tests/rptest/services/admin.py b/tests/rptest/services/admin.py
index 1d8a47bc148b..dea1dada30f9 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/services/admin.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/services/admin.py
@@ -542,15 +542,18 @@ def get_partition_leader(self, *, namespace, topic, partition, node=None):
 
         return partition_info['leader_id']
 
-    def transfer_leadership_to(self, *, namespace, topic, partition, target):
+    def transfer_leadership_to(self,
+                               *,
+                               namespace,
+                               topic,
+                               partition,
+                               target_id=None):
         """
         Looks up current ntp leader and transfer leadership to target node, 
         this operations is NOP when current leader is the same as target.
         If user pass None for target this function will choose next replica for new leader.
         If leadership transfer was performed this function return True
         """
-        target_id = self.redpanda.idx(target) if isinstance(
-            target, ClusterNode) else target
 
         #  check which node is current leader
 
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/group_membership_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/group_membership_test.py
index 46b161962afd..389bc1cf3a6b 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/group_membership_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/group_membership_test.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def _transfer_with_retry(self, namespace, topic, partition, target_id):
                 admin.transfer_leadership_to(namespace=namespace,
                                              topic=topic,
                                              partition=partition,
-                                             target=target_id)
+                                             target_id=target_id)
             except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
                 if e.response.status_code == 503:
                     time.sleep(1)
@@ -321,10 +321,11 @@ def transfer_leadership(new_leader):
             """
             self.logger.debug(
                 f"Transferring leadership to {new_leader.account.hostname}")
-            admin.transfer_leadership_to(namespace="kafka",
-                                         topic="__consumer_offsets",
-                                         partition=0,
-                                         target=self.redpanda.idx(new_leader))
+            admin.transfer_leadership_to(
+                namespace="kafka",
+                topic="__consumer_offsets",
+                partition=0,
+                target_id=self.redpanda.idx(new_leader))
             for _ in range(3):  # re-check a few times
                 leader = get_group_leader()
                 self.logger.debug(f"Current leader: {leader}")
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/prefix_truncate_recovery_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/prefix_truncate_recovery_test.py
index 818d6dcb9504..7d9e559a6835 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/prefix_truncate_recovery_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/prefix_truncate_recovery_test.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def verify_offsets(self):
             admin.transfer_leadership_to(namespace="kafka",
                                          topic=self.topic,
                                          partition=0,
-                                         target=node)
+                                         target_id=self.redpanda.idx(node))
             # % ERROR: offsets_for_times failed: Local: Unknown partition
             # may occur here presumably because there is an interaction
             # with leadership transfer. the built-in retries in list_offsets
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/tx_admin_api_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/tx_admin_api_test.py
index a33ab5f631a6..1661250c5e22 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/tx_admin_api_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/tx_admin_api_test.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def test_expired_transaction(self):
                 self.admin.transfer_leadership_to(namespace="kafka",
                                                   topic=topic,
                                                   partition=partition,
-                                                  target=None)
+                                                  target_id=None)
 
                 def leader_is_changed():
                     new_leader = self.admin.get_partition_leader(