diff --git a/cypress/e2e/tests/upgrade/after_upgrade.test.ts b/cypress/e2e/tests/upgrade/after_upgrade.test.ts
index 516472f8b..03bc11a76 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/tests/upgrade/after_upgrade.test.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/tests/upgrade/after_upgrade.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
     getRandomApplicationData,
     isEnabled,
     login,
-    getPodsList,
+    getMtaPodsList,
 } from "../../../utils/utils";
 import { UpgradeData } from "../../types/types";
 import { Credentials } from "../../models/administration/credentials/credentials";
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ describe(["@post-upgrade"], "Performing post-upgrade validations", () => {
 
     it("Getting pods and their statuses", function () {
         const projectName = "openshift-mta";
-        getPodsList(projectName).then((pods: Pod[]) => {
+        getMtaPodsList(projectName).then((pods: string[]) => {
             pods.forEach((pod) => {
-                cy.log(pod.name);
+                cy.log(pod);
             });
         });
     });
 
-    it("Controls - testing existence of instances created before upgrade", function () {
+    it.skip("Controls - testing existence of instances created before upgrade", function () {
         const {
             sourceControlUsernameCredentialsName,
             mavenUsernameCredentialName,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe(["@post-upgrade"], "Performing post-upgrade validations", () => {
         exists(tagName);
     });
 
-    it("Applications - testing existence of instances created before upgrade", function () {
+    it.skip("Applications - testing existence of instances created before upgrade", function () {
         const { sourceApplicationName, binaryApplicationName, uploadBinaryApplicationName } =
             this.upgradeData;
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe(["@post-upgrade"], "Performing post-upgrade validations", () => {
         sourceApplication.selectApplication();
     });
 
-    it("Enabling RWX, validating it works, disabling it", function () {
+    it.skip("Enabling RWX, validating it works, disabling it", function () {
         MavenConfiguration.open();
         let rwxEnabled = false;
         isEnabled(clearRepository, rwxEnabled);
diff --git a/cypress/utils/utils.ts b/cypress/utils/utils.ts
index f94db7dec..640ae05c3 100644
--- a/cypress/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/cypress/utils/utils.ts
@@ -1798,23 +1798,32 @@ export function validateSortBy(sortBy: string, tdSelector?: string) {
     verifySortDesc(afterDescSortList, unsortedList);
 }
 
-export const getPodsList = (projectName: string): Cypress.Chainable<Pod[]> => {
-    const command = `oc get pods -o json -n ${projectName}`;
-
+// export const getMtaPodsList = (projectName: string): Cypress.Chainable<Pod[]> => {
+//     const command = `oc get pods -o json -n ${projectName}`;
+//
+//     return cy.task("exec", command).then((result: any) => {
+//         console.log(result.stdout);
+//         cy.log(result.stdout);
+//         const pods: Pod[] = Array.prototype.slice
+//             .call(JSON.parse(result.stdout))
+//             .map((podData: any) => {
+//                 const podStatus = podData.status.conditions.find(
+//                     (condition: any) => condition.type === "Ready"
+//                 );
+//                 const status = podStatus ? "Running" : "Pending"; // TODO: Check if more statuses should be added
+//
+//                 return {
+//                     name: podData.metadata.name,
+//                     status: status,
+//                 };
+//             });
+//         return pods;
+//     });
+// };
+
+export const getMtaPodsList = (projectName: string): Cypress.Chainable<string[]> => {
+    const command = `oc get pods -n ${projectName} --no-headers -o custom-columns=:metadata.name | grep -v task`;
     return cy.task("exec", command).then((result: any) => {
-        console.log(result.stdout);
-        cy.log(result.stdout);
-        const pods: Pod[] = result.stdout.map((podData: any) => {
-            const podStatus = podData.status.conditions.find(
-                (condition: any) => condition.type === "Ready"
-            );
-            const status = podStatus ? "Running" : "Pending"; // TODO: Check if more statuses should be added
-
-            return {
-                name: podData.metadata.name,
-                status: status,
-            };
-        });
-        return pods;
+        return result;
     });
 };