diff --git a/pkg/tests/ossm/smcp_secret_test.go b/pkg/tests/ossm/smcp_secret_test.go
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+// Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package ossm
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/maistra/maistra-test-tool/pkg/util/env"
+	"github.com/maistra/maistra-test-tool/pkg/util/shell"
+	. "github.com/maistra/maistra-test-tool/pkg/util/test"
+	"github.com/maistra/maistra-test-tool/pkg/util/version"
+)
+
+func TestSMCPSecret(t *testing.T) {
+	NewTest(t).Id("T52").Groups(Full, Disconnected, ARM).Run(func(t TestHelper) {
+		// Created a subtest because we need to add more test related to Addons in the future.
+		t.NewSubTest("secret_validation").Run(func(t TestHelper) {
+
+			if env.GetSMCPVersion().LessThan(version.SMCP_2_4) {
+				t.Skip("Secret is not valid in SMCP versions v2.3")
+			}
+
+			DeployControlPlane(t)
+
+			output := shell.Execute(t, `oc get secret -n istio-system htpasswd -o json | jq .data.auth | tr -d \" | base64 -d | sed 's/}.*/}REDACTED\n/'`)
+			str := "$2a$"
+
+			if strings.Contains(output, str) {
+				t.LogSuccess(fmt.Sprintf("string '%s' found in response", str))
+			} else {
+				t.Fatalf("expected to find the string '%s' in the response, but it wasn't found", str)
+			}
+
+		})
+	})
+}