diff --git a/.github/workflows/dex_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/dex_test.yaml
index f06bd0e7a4..0205f23960 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dex_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dex_test.yaml
@@ -25,13 +25,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install kustomize
       run: ./tests/gh-actions/install_kustomize.sh
 
-    - name: Install Istio
-      run: ./tests/gh-actions/install_istio.sh
-
     - name: Build & Apply manifests
       run: |
-        cd common/dex
-        kustomize build overlays/istio | kubectl apply -f -
+        while ! kustomize build ./tests/gh-actions/deploy-dex-login-environment | kubectl apply -f -; do echo "Retrying to apply resources"; sleep 20; done
         kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready pods --all --all-namespaces --timeout 180s
 
     - name: port forward
diff --git a/tests/gh-actions/deploy-dex-login-environment/kustomization.yaml b/tests/gh-actions/deploy-dex-login-environment/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fbf5ee86d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gh-actions/deploy-dex-login-environment/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+sortOptions:
+  order: legacy
+  legacySortOptions:
+    orderFirst:
+    - Namespace
+    - ResourceQuota
+    - StorageClass
+    - CustomResourceDefinition
+    - MutatingWebhookConfiguration
+    - ServiceAccount
+    - PodSecurityPolicy
+    - NetworkPolicy
+    - Role
+    - ClusterRole
+    - RoleBinding
+    - ClusterRoleBinding
+    - ConfigMap
+    - Secret
+    - Endpoints
+    - Service
+    - LimitRange
+    - PriorityClass
+    - PersistentVolume
+    - PersistentVolumeClaim
+    - Deployment
+    - StatefulSet
+    - CronJob
+    - PodDisruptionBudget
+    orderLast:
+    - ValidatingWebhookConfiguration
+
+resources:
+# Istio
+- ../../../common/istio-1-22/istio-crds/base
+- ../../../common/istio-1-22/istio-namespace/base
+- ../../../common/istio-1-22/istio-install/overlays/oauth2-proxy
+# oauth2-proxy
+- ../../../common/oauth2-proxy/overlays/m2m-self-signed
+# Dex
+- ../../../common/dex/overlays/oauth2-proxy
+- ../../../common/istio-1-22/cluster-local-gateway/base
+# Kubeflow namespace
+- ../../../common/kubeflow-namespace/base
+# NetworkPolicies
+- ../../../common/networkpolicies/base
+# Kubeflow Roles
+- ../../../common/kubeflow-roles/base
+# Kubeflow Istio Resources
+- ../../../common/istio-1-22/kubeflow-istio-resources/base
+# Central Dashboard
+- ../../../apps/centraldashboard/overlays/oauth2-proxy
+# Profiles + KFAM
+- ../../../apps/profiles/upstream/overlays/kubeflow
+# User namespace
+- ../../../common/user-namespace/base
diff --git a/tests/gh-actions/test_dex_login.py b/tests/gh-actions/test_dex_login.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b027d5ba92..b93c6ed5a9
--- a/tests/gh-actions/test_dex_login.py
+++ b/tests/gh-actions/test_dex_login.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 import re
 import requests
 import sys
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ def get_istio_auth_session(url: str, username: str, password: str) -> dict:
     username=KUBEFLOW_USERNAME,
     password=KUBEFLOW_PASSWORD
 )
-
+print(f"{resp}")
 if resp == 200:
     sys.exit(0)
 else: