diff --git a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/defaults/main.yaml b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/defaults/main.yaml
index 5802f7253..7fa654e9e 100644
--- a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ edpm_sshd_allowed_ranges: "{{ ['192.168.122.0/24'] if dataplane_os_net_config_se
 edpm_neutron_sriov_agent_enabled: true
 edpm_neutron_dhcp_agent_enabled: true
 nova_libvirt_backend: local
+skip_patching_ansibleee_csv: false
 # OS Diff automation steps
 os_diff_dir: tmp/os-diff
 os_diff_data_dir: tmp/os-diff
diff --git a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
index 2866cba1b..ce55a3fbb 100644
--- a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -6,42 +6,45 @@
     ceph_backend_configuration_fsid_shell_vars: |
       CEPH_FSID=$(oc get secret ceph-conf-files -o json | jq -r '.data."ceph.conf"' | base64 -d | grep fsid | sed -e 's/fsid = //')
 
-- name: Save ansibleee-operator pod name to be able to wait for the rollout of the new pod
-  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    {{ shell_header }}
-    {{ oc_header }}
-    oc get -n openstack-operators pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=openstack-ansibleee-operator -o name
-  register: old_ansibleee_operator_pod
+- name: Patch ansibleee csv to use image built from source or latest if none is defined
+  when: not skip_patching_ansibleee_csv | bool
+  block:
+    - name: Save ansibleee-operator pod name to be able to wait for the rollout of the new pod
+      no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+      ansible.builtin.shell: |
+        {{ shell_header }}
+        {{ oc_header }}
+        oc get -n openstack-operators pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=openstack-ansibleee-operator -o name
+      register: old_ansibleee_operator_pod
 
-- name: Get ansibleee-operator csv name
-  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    {{ shell_header }}
-    {{ oc_header }}
-    oc get csv -n openstack-operators -o name | grep ansibleee-operator
-  register: _ansibleee_csv_name
+    - name: Get ansibleee-operator csv name
+      no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+      ansible.builtin.shell: |
+        {{ shell_header }}
+        {{ oc_header }}
+        oc get csv -n openstack-operators -o name | grep ansibleee-operator
+      register: _ansibleee_csv_name
 
-- name: use ansible-runner image built from source or latest if none is defined
-  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    {{ shell_header }}
-    {{ oc_header }}
-    {{ oc_login_command }}
-    # openstack-operator catalog pins the sha256, which might differ from latest with time
-    oc patch -n openstack-operators "{{ _ansibleee_csv_name.stdout }}" \
-      --type='json' -p='[{
-      "op":"replace", "path":"/spec/install/spec/deployments/0/spec/template/spec/containers/1/env/0",
-      "value": {"name": "RELATED_IMAGE_ANSIBLEEE_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT", "value": "{{ ansibleee_runner_img | default('quay.io/openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-ansibleee-runner:latest')}}"}}]'
-  register: ansibleee_csv_patched
-
-- name: Wait for the ansible-operator to restart with the new ENV
-  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-  when: '"no change" not in ansibleee_csv_patched.stdout'
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    {{ shell_header }}
-    {{ oc_header }}
-    oc wait -n openstack-operators --timeout=120s --for=delete {{ old_ansibleee_operator_pod.stdout }}
+    - name: use ansible-runner image built from source or latest if none is defined
+      no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+      ansible.builtin.shell: |
+        {{ shell_header }}
+        {{ oc_header }}
+        {{ oc_login_command }}
+        # openstack-operator catalog pins the sha256, which might differ from latest with time
+        oc patch -n openstack-operators "{{ _ansibleee_csv_name.stdout }}" \
+          --type='json' -p='[{
+          "op":"replace", "path":"/spec/install/spec/deployments/0/spec/template/spec/containers/1/env/0",
+          "value": {"name": "RELATED_IMAGE_ANSIBLEEE_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT", "value": "{{ ansibleee_runner_img | default('quay.io/openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-ansibleee-runner:latest')}}"}}]'
+      register: ansibleee_csv_patched
+
+    - name: Wait for the ansible-operator to restart with the new ENV
+      no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+      when: '"no change" not in ansibleee_csv_patched.stdout'
+      ansible.builtin.shell: |
+        {{ shell_header }}
+        {{ oc_header }}
+        oc wait -n openstack-operators --timeout=120s --for=delete {{ old_ansibleee_operator_pod.stdout }}
 
 - name: ensure namespace
   no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"