diff --git a/.github/workflows/assistant-release-e2e-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/assistant-release-e2e-workflow.yml
index 41568dd5f..952fd4cdd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/assistant-release-e2e-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/assistant-release-e2e-workflow.yml
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-e2e-workflow-template.yml
     with:
       test-name: dashboards assistant
-      test-command: yarn cypress:run-with-security --browser chromium --spec 'cypress/integration/plugins/dashboards-assistant/*'
+      test-command: env CYPRESS_DASHBOARDS_ASSISTANT_ENABLED=true yarn cypress:run-with-security --browser chromium --spec 'cypress/integration/plugins/dashboards-assistant/*'
       osd-serve-args: --assistant.chat.enabled=true --assistant.chat.rootAgentName="Cypress test agent"
diff --git a/cypress.json b/cypress.json
index 9de868129..2b6abb7db 100644
--- a/cypress.json
+++ b/cypress.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "VISBUILDER_ENABLED": true,
     "DATASOURCE_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED": false,
     "ML_COMMONS_DASHBOARDS_ENABLED": true,
-    "WAIT_FOR_LOADER_BUFFER_MS": 0
+    "WAIT_FOR_LOADER_BUFFER_MS": 0,
+    "DASHBOARDS_ASSISTANT_ENABLED": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/cypress/integration/plugins/dashboards-assistant/chatbot_agent_framework_spec.js b/cypress/integration/plugins/dashboards-assistant/chatbot_agent_framework_spec.js
index 3cdb96612..1bb3cb83f 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/plugins/dashboards-assistant/chatbot_agent_framework_spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/plugins/dashboards-assistant/chatbot_agent_framework_spec.js
@@ -4,49 +4,51 @@
  */
 import { BASE_PATH } from '../../../utils/constants';
 
-describe('Assistant basic spec', () => {
-  before(() => {
-    // Set welcome screen tracking to false
-    localStorage.setItem('home:welcome:show', 'false');
-    // Set new theme modal to false
-    localStorage.setItem('home:newThemeModal:show', 'false');
-
-    cy.addAssistantRequiredSettings();
-    cy.registerRootAgent();
-    cy.startDummyServer();
-  });
+if (Cypress.env('DASHBOARDS_ASSISTANT_ENABLED')) {
+  describe('Assistant basic spec', () => {
+    before(() => {
+      // Set welcome screen tracking to false
+      localStorage.setItem('home:welcome:show', 'false');
+      // Set new theme modal to false
+      localStorage.setItem('home:newThemeModal:show', 'false');
+
+      cy.addAssistantRequiredSettings();
+      cy.registerRootAgent();
+      cy.startDummyServer();
+    });
 
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    // Visit ISM OSD
-    cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/app/home`);
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      // Visit ISM OSD
+      cy.visit(`${BASE_PATH}/app/home`);
 
-    // Common text to wait for to confirm page loaded, give up to 60 seconds for initial load
-    cy.get(`input[placeholder="Ask question"]`, { timeout: 60000 }).should(
-      'be.length',
-      1
-    );
-  });
+      // Common text to wait for to confirm page loaded, give up to 60 seconds for initial load
+      cy.get(`input[placeholder="Ask question"]`, { timeout: 60000 }).should(
+        'be.length',
+        1
+      );
+    });
 
-  describe('Interact with Agent framework', () => {
-    it('toggle Chatbot and enable to interact', () => {
-      // enable to toggle and show Chatbot
-      cy.get(`img[aria-label="toggle chat flyout icon"]`).click();
+    describe('Interact with Agent framework', () => {
+      it('toggle Chatbot and enable to interact', () => {
+        // enable to toggle and show Chatbot
+        cy.get(`img[aria-label="toggle chat flyout icon"]`).click();
 
-      // click suggestions to generate response
-      cy.contains('What are the indices in my cluster?').click();
+        // click suggestions to generate response
+        cy.contains('What are the indices in my cluster?').click();
 
-      // should have a LLM Response
-      cy.contains(
-        'The indices in your cluster are the names listed in the response obtained from using a tool to get information about the OpenSearch indices.'
-      );
+        // should have a LLM Response
+        cy.contains(
+          'The indices in your cluster are the names listed in the response obtained from using a tool to get information about the OpenSearch indices.'
+        );
 
-      // should have a suggestion section
-      cy.get(`[aria-label="chat suggestions"]`).should('be.length', 1);
+        // should have a suggestion section
+        cy.get(`[aria-label="chat suggestions"]`).should('be.length', 1);
+      });
     });
-  });
 
-  after(() => {
-    cy.cleanRootAgent();
-    cy.stopDummyServer();
+    after(() => {
+      cy.cleanRootAgent();
+      cy.stopDummyServer();
+    });
   });
-});
+}