diff --git a/test/openshift/e2e/sequential/1-035_validate_argocd_secret_repopulate/05-argocd_login.yaml b/test/openshift/e2e/sequential/1-035_validate_argocd_secret_repopulate/05-argocd_login.yaml
index c6165d115..ed0562ac0 100644
--- a/test/openshift/e2e/sequential/1-035_validate_argocd_secret_repopulate/05-argocd_login.yaml
+++ b/test/openshift/e2e/sequential/1-035_validate_argocd_secret_repopulate/05-argocd_login.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ commands:
 - script: |
     api_server=$(oc get routes -n openshift-gitops --field-selector metadata.name=openshift-gitops-server -o jsonpath="{.items[*]['spec.host']}")
     password=$(oc get secret openshift-gitops-cluster -n openshift-gitops -o jsonpath='{.data.admin\.password}' | base64 -d)
-    output=$(argocd login $api_server --username admin --password $password --insecure)
+    
+    # --skip-test-tls is added as a temporary fix to "context deadline exceeded" failure
+    output=$(argocd login $api_server --username admin --password $password --insecure --skip-test-tls)
 
     if ! [[ "${output}" =~ "'admin:login' logged in successfully" ]]; then
       if [[ "${output}" == *"rpc error: code = Unknown desc = server.secretkey is missing" ]]; then
diff --git a/test/openshift/e2e/sequential/1-040_validate_quoted_RBAC_group_names/01-login_argocd_api_server.yaml b/test/openshift/e2e/sequential/1-040_validate_quoted_RBAC_group_names/01-login_argocd_api_server.yaml
index ca687cb6c..0239a474a 100644
--- a/test/openshift/e2e/sequential/1-040_validate_quoted_RBAC_group_names/01-login_argocd_api_server.yaml
+++ b/test/openshift/e2e/sequential/1-040_validate_quoted_RBAC_group_names/01-login_argocd_api_server.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ commands:
     api_server=$(oc get routes -n openshift-gitops --field-selector metadata.name=openshift-gitops-server -o jsonpath="{.items[*]['spec.host']}")
     password=$(oc get secret openshift-gitops-cluster -n openshift-gitops -o jsonpath='{.data.admin\.password}' | base64 -d)
 
-    output=$(argocd login $api_server --username admin --password $password --insecure)
-
+    # --skip-test-tls is added as a temporary fix to "context deadline exceeded" failure
+    output=$(argocd login $api_server --username admin --password $password --insecure --skip-test-tls)
+    
     if ! [[ "${output}" =~ "'admin:login' logged in successfully" ]]; then
       exit 1
     fi