diff --git a/docs/e2e.md b/docs/e2e.md
index 469647ca8..27324f705 100644
--- a/docs/e2e.md
+++ b/docs/e2e.md
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ Pre-requisite for KinD clusters: please add in your local `/etc/hosts` file `127
   ```
   make kind-e2e
   export CLUSTER_HOSTNAME=kind
-  make deploy -e IMG=quay.io/project-codeflare/codeflare-operator:v1.1.0
   make setup-e2e
+  make deploy -e IMG=quay.io/project-codeflare/codeflare-operator:v1.3.0
+
+  For running tests locally on Kind cluster, we need to disable `rayDashboardOAuthEnabled` in `codeflare-operator-config` ConfigMap and then restart CodeFlare Operator
   ```
 
   - **(Optional)** - Create and add `sdk-user` with limited permissions to the cluster to run through the e2e tests:
@@ -53,9 +55,13 @@ Pre-requisite for KinD clusters: please add in your local `/etc/hosts` file `127
 
   ```
 
+  - Install the latest development version of kueue
+  ```
+  kubectl apply --server-side -k "github.com/opendatahub-io/kueue/config/rhoai?ref=dev"
+  ```
 
 - Test Phase:
-   - Once we have the codeflare-operator and kuberay-operator running and ready, we can run the e2e test on the codeflare-sdk repository:
+   - Once we have the codeflare-operator, kuberay-operator and kueue running and ready, we can run the e2e test on the codeflare-sdk repository:
   ```
   poetry install --with test,docs
   poetry run pytest -v -s ./tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_test.py
@@ -67,11 +73,18 @@ Pre-requisite for KinD clusters: please add in your local `/etc/hosts` file `127
 - Setup Phase:
   - Pull the [codeflare-operator repo](https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-operator) and run the following make targets:
   ```
-  make deploy -e IMG=quay.io/project-codeflare/codeflare-operator:v1.1.0
+
   make setup-e2e
+  make deploy -e IMG=quay.io/project-codeflare/codeflare-operator:v1.3.0
   ```
+
+  - Install the latest development version of kueue
+  ```
+  kubectl apply --server-side -k "github.com/opendatahub-io/kueue/config/rhoai?ref=dev"
+  ```
+
 - Test Phase:
-   - Once we have the codeflare-operator and kuberay-operator running and ready, we can run the e2e test on the codeflare-sdk repository:
+   - Once we have the codeflare-operator, kuberay-operator and kueue running and ready, we can run the e2e test on the codeflare-sdk repository:
   ```
   poetry install --with test,docs
   poetry run pytest -v -s ./tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_test.py
diff --git a/tests/e2e/kueue_resources_setup.sh b/tests/e2e/kueue_resources_setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..23df1abf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/kueue_resources_setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+name=${name:-cluster-queue-mnist}
+flavor=${flavor:-default-flavor-mnist}
+local_queue_name=${local_queue_name:-local-queue-mnist}
+namespace=$1
+
+echo "Applying Cluster Queue"
+
+cat <<EOF | kubectl apply --server-side -f -
+    apiVersion: kueue.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: ClusterQueue
+    metadata:
+        name: $name
+    spec:
+      namespaceSelector: {}
+      resourceGroups:
+      - coveredResources: ["cpu", "memory", "nvidia.com/gpu"]
+        flavors:
+        - name: "default-flavor-mnist"
+          resources:
+          - name: "cpu"
+            nominalQuota: 9
+          - name: "memory"
+            nominalQuota: 36Gi
+          - name: "nvidia.com/gpu"
+            nominalQuota: 0
+EOF
+echo "Cluster Queue $name applied!"
+
+echo "Applying Resource flavor"
+cat <<EOF | kubectl apply --server-side -f -
+    apiVersion: kueue.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: ResourceFlavor
+    metadata:
+        name: $flavor
+EOF
+echo "Resource flavor $flavor applied!"
+
+echo "Applying local queue"
+
+cat <<EOF | kubectl apply --server-side -f -
+    apiVersion: kueue.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: LocalQueue
+    metadata:
+        namespace: $namespace
+        name: $local_queue_name
+        annotations:
+          "kueue.x-k8s.io/default-queue": "true"
+    spec:
+      clusterQueue: $name
+EOF
+echo "Local Queue $local_queue_name applied!"
diff --git a/tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_test.py b/tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_kind_test.py
similarity index 52%
rename from tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_test.py
rename to tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_kind_test.py
index 348a02cc2..51c659478 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_test.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_kind_test.py
@@ -1,38 +1,32 @@
-from kubernetes import client, config
-import kubernetes.client
-
-import os
+import requests
 
 from time import sleep
 
-import ray
-
-from codeflare_sdk.cluster.cluster import Cluster, ClusterConfiguration
+from codeflare_sdk import Cluster, ClusterConfiguration, TokenAuthentication
 from codeflare_sdk.job import RayJobClient
 
 import pytest
 
 from support import *
 
-# Creates a Ray cluster, and trains the MNIST dataset using the CodeFlare SDK.
-# Asserts creation of AppWrapper, RayCluster, and successful completion of the training job.
-# Covers successfull installation of CodeFlare-SDK
+# This test creates a Ray Cluster and covers the Ray Job submission functionality on Kind Cluster
 
 
 @pytest.mark.kind
-@pytest.mark.openshift
-class TestMNISTRayClusterSDK:
+class TestRayClusterSDKKind:
     def setup_method(self):
         initialize_kubernetes_client(self)
 
     def teardown_method(self):
         delete_namespace(self)
 
-    def test_mnist_ray_cluster_sdk(self):
+    def test_mnist_ray_cluster_sdk_kind(self):
+        self.setup_method()
         create_namespace(self)
-        self.run_mnist_raycluster_sdk()
+        create_kueue_resources(self)
+        self.run_mnist_raycluster_sdk_kind()
 
-    def run_mnist_raycluster_sdk(self):
+    def run_mnist_raycluster_sdk_kind(self):
         ray_image = get_ray_image()
 
         cluster = Cluster(
@@ -47,31 +41,30 @@ def run_mnist_raycluster_sdk(self):
                 min_memory=1,
                 max_memory=2,
                 num_gpus=0,
-                instascale=False,
                 image=ray_image,
                 write_to_file=True,
-                mcad=True,
+                verify_tls=False,
             )
         )
 
         cluster.up()
-        self.assert_appwrapper_exists()
 
         cluster.status()
 
         cluster.wait_ready()
-        self.assert_raycluster_exists()
 
         cluster.status()
 
         cluster.details()
 
-        auth_token = run_oc_command(["whoami", "--show-token=true"])
+        self.assert_jobsubmit_withoutlogin_kind(cluster)
+
+    # Assertions
+
+    def assert_jobsubmit_withoutlogin_kind(self, cluster):
         ray_dashboard = cluster.cluster_dashboard_uri()
-        header = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {auth_token}"}
-        client = RayJobClient(address=ray_dashboard, headers=header, verify=True)
+        client = RayJobClient(address=ray_dashboard, verify=False)
 
-        # Submit the job
         submission_id = client.submit_job(
             entrypoint="python mnist.py",
             runtime_env={
@@ -100,38 +93,8 @@ def run_mnist_raycluster_sdk(self):
         self.assert_job_completion(status)
 
         client.delete_job(submission_id)
-        cluster.down()
 
-    # Assertions
-    def assert_appwrapper_exists(self):
-        try:
-            self.custom_api.get_namespaced_custom_object(
-                "workload.codeflare.dev",
-                "v1beta1",
-                self.namespace,
-                "appwrappers",
-                "mnist",
-            )
-            print(
-                f"AppWrapper 'mnist' has been created in the namespace: '{self.namespace}'"
-            )
-            assert True
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f"AppWrapper 'mnist' has not been created. Error: {e}")
-            assert False
-
-    def assert_raycluster_exists(self):
-        try:
-            self.custom_api.get_namespaced_custom_object(
-                "ray.io", "v1", self.namespace, "rayclusters", "mnist"
-            )
-            print(
-                f"RayCluster 'mnist' created successfully in the namespace: '{self.namespace}'"
-            )
-            assert True
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f"RayCluster 'mnist' has not been created. Error: {e}")
-            assert False
+        cluster.down()
 
     def assert_job_completion(self, status):
         if status == "SUCCEEDED":
diff --git a/tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_oauth_test.py b/tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_oauth_test.py
index 1ffff8ec4..d0d090f38 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_oauth_test.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/mnist_raycluster_sdk_oauth_test.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from support import *
 
-# This test Creates a Ray cluster with openshift_oauth enable and covers the Ray Job submission with authentication and without authentication functionality
+# This test creates a Ray Cluster and covers the Ray Job submission with authentication and without authentication functionality on Openshift Cluster
 
 
 @pytest.mark.openshift
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def teardown_method(self):
     def test_mnist_ray_cluster_sdk_auth(self):
         self.setup_method()
         create_namespace(self)
+        create_kueue_resources(self)
         self.run_mnist_raycluster_sdk_oauth()
 
     def run_mnist_raycluster_sdk_oauth(self):
@@ -47,15 +48,13 @@ def run_mnist_raycluster_sdk_oauth(self):
                 min_memory=1,
                 max_memory=2,
                 num_gpus=0,
-                instascale=False,
                 image=ray_image,
                 write_to_file=True,
-                mcad=True,
+                verify_tls=False,
             )
         )
 
         cluster.up()
-        self.assert_appwrapper_exists()
 
         cluster.status()
 
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ def run_mnist_raycluster_sdk_oauth(self):
         cluster.details()
 
         self.assert_jobsubmit_withoutLogin(cluster)
-
         self.assert_jobsubmit_withlogin(cluster)
 
     # Assertions
@@ -95,18 +93,16 @@ def assert_jobsubmit_withoutLogin(self, cluster):
             assert False
 
     def assert_jobsubmit_withlogin(self, cluster):
-        self.assert_appwrapper_exists()
         auth_token = run_oc_command(["whoami", "--show-token=true"])
         ray_dashboard = cluster.cluster_dashboard_uri()
         header = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {auth_token}"}
-        client = RayJobClient(address=ray_dashboard, headers=header, verify=True)
+        client = RayJobClient(address=ray_dashboard, headers=header, verify=False)
 
-        # Submit the job
         submission_id = client.submit_job(
             entrypoint="python mnist.py",
             runtime_env={
                 "working_dir": "./tests/e2e/",
-                "pip": "mnist_pip_requirements.txt",
+                "pip": "./tests/e2e/mnist_pip_requirements.txt",
             },
         )
         print(f"Submitted job with ID: {submission_id}")
@@ -130,24 +126,8 @@ def assert_jobsubmit_withlogin(self, cluster):
         self.assert_job_completion(status)
 
         client.delete_job(submission_id)
-        cluster.down()
 
-    def assert_appwrapper_exists(self):
-        try:
-            self.custom_api.get_namespaced_custom_object(
-                "workload.codeflare.dev",
-                "v1beta1",
-                self.namespace,
-                "appwrappers",
-                "mnist",
-            )
-            print(
-                f"AppWrapper 'mnist' has been created in the namespace: '{self.namespace}'"
-            )
-            assert True
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f"AppWrapper 'mnist' has not been created. Error: {e}")
-            assert False
+        cluster.down()
 
     def assert_job_completion(self, status):
         if status == "SUCCEEDED":
diff --git a/tests/e2e/support.py b/tests/e2e/support.py
index abf4ac667..8171c8792 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/support.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/support.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import subprocess
 from kubernetes import client, config
 import kubernetes.client
+import subprocess
 
 
 def get_ray_image():
@@ -45,3 +46,9 @@ def run_oc_command(args):
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         print(f"Error executing 'oc {' '.join(args)}': {e}")
         return None
+
+
+def create_kueue_resources(self):
+    # Set executable permissions
+    os.chmod("tests/e2e/kueue_resources_setup.sh", 0o755)
+    subprocess.call(["bash", "tests/e2e/kueue_resources_setup.sh", self.namespace])