diff --git a/.github/scripts/cleanup_cosi_resources.sh b/.github/scripts/cleanup_cosi_resources.sh
index a70e493f..9f18984f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/cleanup_cosi_resources.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/cleanup_cosi_resources.sh
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ for BUCKET_NAME in $BUCKET_NAMES; do
   log_and_run kubectl patch bucket "$BUCKET_NAME" -p '{"metadata":{"finalizers":[]}}' --type=merge || { echo "Finalizers not found for bucket: $BUCKET_NAME" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"; }
 done
 
-log_and_run echo "Deleting Bucket Access and Bucket Access Class..."
-log_and_run kubectl delete -f cosi-examples/bucketaccess.yaml || { echo "No BucketAccess resources found." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"; }
+log_and_run echo "Deleting Bucket Access Class..."
 log_and_run kubectl delete -f cosi-examples/bucketaccessclass.yaml --all || { echo "No BucketAccessClass resources found." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"; }
 
 log_and_run echo "Deleting Bucket Class and Bucket Claim..."
diff --git a/.github/scripts/e2e_tests.sh b/.github/scripts/e2e_tests.sh
index 45f5c8d0..1dc46582 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/e2e_tests.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/e2e_tests.sh
@@ -212,4 +212,31 @@ if [[ "$ACTUAL_PROTOCOLS" != "$EXPECTED_PROTOCOLS" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# Step 11: Delete Bucket Access Resource
+log_and_run echo "Deleting Bucket Access Resource..."
+log_and_run kubectl delete -f cosi-examples/bucketaccess.yaml
+
+# Step 12: Verify IAM User Deletion
+log_and_run echo "Verifying IAM user '$IAM_USER_NAME' deletion..."
+log_and_run aws --endpoint-url "$IAM_ENDPOINT" iam get-user --user-name "$IAM_USER_NAME"
+
+# Retry logic for checking user deletion
+
+for ((i=1; i<=$ATTEMPTS; i++)); do
+  USER_EXISTS="$(aws --endpoint-url "$IAM_ENDPOINT" iam get-user --user-name "$IAM_USER_NAME" 2>&1 || true)"
+
+  if [[ "$USER_EXISTS" == *"NoSuchEntity"* ]]; then
+    log_and_run echo "IAM user '$IAM_USER_NAME' successfully deleted."
+    break
+  else
+    log_and_run echo "Attempt $i: IAM user '$IAM_USER_NAME' still exists. Retrying in $DELETE_DELAY seconds..."
+    sleep $DELAY
+  fi
+done
+
+if [[ "$USER_EXISTS" != *"NoSuchEntity"* ]]; then
+  log_and_run echo "IAM user '$IAM_USER_NAME' was not deleted."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 log_and_run echo "All verifications for object-storage-access-secret passed successfully."