diff --git a/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/parallel/1-050_validate_sso_test.go b/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/parallel/1-050_validate_sso_test.go
index 3835b98e105..98d5c633ca6 100644
--- a/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/parallel/1-050_validate_sso_test.go
+++ b/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/parallel/1-050_validate_sso_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	argov1beta1api "github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-operator/api/v1beta1"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	"github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/fixture"
 	argocdFixture "github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/fixture/argocd"
 	deploymentFixture "github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/fixture/deployment"
@@ -32,6 +33,14 @@ func getOCPVersion() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func IsExternalAuthenticationEnabledOnCluster(ctx context.Context, c client.Client) bool {
+	var authConfig configv1.Authentication
+	if err := c.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: "cluster"}, &authConfig); err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return authConfig.Spec.Type == "OIDC"
+}
+
 var _ = Describe("GitOps Operator Parallel E2E Tests", func() {
 
 	Context("1-050_validate_sso", func() {
@@ -66,6 +75,11 @@ var _ = Describe("GitOps Operator Parallel E2E Tests", func() {
 				Skip("skipping this test as OCP version is less than 4.20")
 				return
 			}
+
+			if !IsExternalAuthenticationEnabledOnCluster(ctx, k8sClient) {
+				Skip("skipping this test as external authentication type is not OIDC on the cluster")
+				return
+			}
 			ns, cleanupFunc = fixture.CreateRandomE2ETestNamespaceWithCleanupFunc()
 
 			argoCD := &argov1beta1api.ArgoCD{