diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index c2feea9cce..88b1266a2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -68,4 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           . .venv/bin/activate
           TEST_SCRIPT="test-secret-as-env.sh" ./scripts/deploy/github/e2e-test.sh
-
+      - name: "secret as volume"
+        run: |
+          . .venv/bin/activate
+          TEST_SCRIPT="test-secret-as-volume.sh" ./scripts/deploy/github/e2e-test.sh
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/github/test-secret-as-volume.sh b/scripts/deploy/github/test-secret-as-volume.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f65c3e2626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy/github/test-secret-as-volume.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2023 kubeflow.org
+#
+# 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.
+
+KUBEFLOW_NS="${KUBEFLOW_NS:-kubeflow}"
+
+C_DIR="${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"
+if [[ ! -d "$C_DIR" ]]; then C_DIR="$PWD"; fi
+source "${C_DIR}/test-pipeline.sh"
+
+# need kfp-kubernetes for this test case
+# unfortunately, we can't install it from kubernetes_platform/python
+pip install kfp-kubernetes
+
+# create the secret
+kubectl create secret -n "$KUBEFLOW_NS" generic "user-gcp-sa" --from-literal="type=service_account" || true
+
+RESULT=0
+run_test_case "secret-volume" "samples/v2/pipeline_with_secret_as_volume.py" "SUCCEEDED" 5 || RESULT=$?
+
+# remove secret after the test finishes
+kubectl delete secret -n "$KUBEFLOW_NS" "user-gcp-sa"
+
+STATUS_MSG=PASSED
+if [[ "$RESULT" -ne 0 ]]; then
+  STATUS_MSG=FAILED
+fi