diff --git a/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/sequential/1-113_validate_controller_role_test.go b/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/sequential/1-113_validate_controller_role_test.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2025.
+
+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.
+
+Migrated from operator-e2e kuttl: gitops-operator/tests/sequential/1-113_validate_controller_role
+*/
+
+package sequential
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"reflect"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/fixture"
+	argocdFixture "github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/fixture/argocd"
+	k8sFixture "github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/fixture/k8s"
+	"github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/fixture/utils"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+)
+
+var aggregatedControllerRoleRule = rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+	Verbs:     []string{"create", "update", "patch", "delete"},
+	APIGroups: []string{"test.com"},
+	Resources: []string{"test"},
+}
+
+func roleContainsPolicyRule(k8sClient client.Client, role *rbacv1.Role, expected rbacv1.PolicyRule) bool {
+	if err := k8sClient.Get(context.Background(), client.ObjectKeyFromObject(role), role); err != nil {
+		GinkgoWriter.Println(err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, rule := range role.Rules {
+		if reflect.DeepEqual(rule, expected) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+var _ = Describe("GitOps Operator Sequential E2E Tests", func() {
+
+	Context("1-113_validate_controller_role", func() {
+
+		var (
+			ctx       context.Context
+			k8sClient client.Client
+			testNS    *corev1.Namespace
+		)
+
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			fixture.EnsureSequentialCleanSlate()
+			k8sClient, _ = utils.GetE2ETestKubeClient()
+			ctx = context.Background()
+		})
+
+		AfterEach(func() {
+			fixture.OutputDebugOnFail(testNS, "openshift-gitops")
+		})
+
+		It("validates openshift-gitops application-controller Role aggregates admin ClusterRole rules and removes them on delete", func() {
+
+			By("creating a namespace managed by openshift-gitops")
+			testNS = fixture.CreateManagedNamespace("test-1-113-ns", "openshift-gitops")
+			defer func() {
+				Expect(k8sClient.Delete(ctx, testNS)).To(Succeed())
+			}()
+
+			openshiftGitopsArgoCD, err := argocdFixture.GetOpenShiftGitOpsNSArgoCD()
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Eventually(openshiftGitopsArgoCD, "5m", "5s").Should(argocdFixture.BeAvailable())
+
+			appControllerRole := &rbacv1.Role{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "openshift-gitops-argocd-application-controller",
+					Namespace: testNS.Name,
+				},
+			}
+
+			By("verifying openshift-gitops application-controller Role is created in the managed namespace")
+			Eventually(appControllerRole).Should(k8sFixture.ExistByName())
+
+			aggregateClusterRole := &rbacv1.ClusterRole{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "test-1-113-sample",
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-admin": "true",
+					},
+				},
+				Rules: []rbacv1.PolicyRule{aggregatedControllerRoleRule},
+			}
+
+			By("creating a ClusterRole with aggregate-to-admin label")
+			Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, aggregateClusterRole)).To(Succeed())
+			defer func() {
+				Expect(client.IgnoreNotFound(k8sClient.Delete(ctx, aggregateClusterRole))).To(Succeed())
+				Eventually(aggregateClusterRole).Should(k8sFixture.NotExistByName())
+			}()
+
+			By("verifying aggregated rules are added to the application-controller Role")
+			Eventually(func() bool {
+				return roleContainsPolicyRule(k8sClient, appControllerRole, aggregatedControllerRoleRule)
+			}, "3m", "5s").Should(BeTrue())
+
+			By("deleting the aggregate ClusterRole")
+			Expect(k8sClient.Delete(ctx, aggregateClusterRole)).To(Succeed())
+			Eventually(aggregateClusterRole).Should(k8sFixture.NotExistByName())
+
+			By("verifying aggregated rules are removed from the application-controller Role")
+			Eventually(func() bool {
+				return roleContainsPolicyRule(k8sClient, appControllerRole, aggregatedControllerRoleRule)
+			}, "3m", "5s").Should(BeFalse())
+			Consistently(func() bool {
+				return roleContainsPolicyRule(k8sClient, appControllerRole, aggregatedControllerRoleRule)
+			}, "30s", "5s").Should(BeFalse())
+		})
+	})
+})