diff --git a/.ibm/pipelines/openshift-ci-tests.sh b/.ibm/pipelines/openshift-ci-tests.sh
index 056b0cca3d..53c3cc447c 100755
--- a/.ibm/pipelines/openshift-ci-tests.sh
+++ b/.ibm/pipelines/openshift-ci-tests.sh
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ run_tests() {
   cp -a "/tmp/${LOGFILE}.html" "${ARTIFACT_DIR}/${project}"
   cp -a /tmp/backstage-showcase/e2e-tests/playwright-report/* "${ARTIFACT_DIR}/${project}"
 
-  droute_send "${release_name}" "${project}"
+  # TODO Re-enable `droute` once outage is resolved
+  # droute_send "${release_name}" "${project}"
 
   echo "${project} RESULT: ${RESULT}"
   if [ "${RESULT}" -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-scaffoldedfromLink.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-scaffoldedfromLink.spec.ts
index 5f88a94217..849b0858ca 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-scaffoldedfromLink.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-scaffoldedfromLink.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { APIHelper } from "../utils/APIHelper";
 import { githubAPIEndpoints } from "../utils/APIEndpoints";
 
 let page: Page;
-test.describe.serial("Link Scaffolded Templates to Catalog Items", () => {
+
+// TODO: replace skip with serial
+test.describe.skip("Link Scaffolded Templates to Catalog Items", () => {
   let uiHelper: UIhelper;
   let common: Common;
   let catalogImport: CatalogImport;
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-happy-path.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-happy-path.spec.ts
index 0f9a1ebbdc..46c509e000 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-happy-path.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-happy-path.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import {
 import { templates } from "../support/testData/templates";
 
 let page: Page;
-test.describe.serial("GitHub Happy path", () => {
+
+// TODO: replace skip with serial
+test.describe.skip("GitHub Happy path", () => {
   let common: Common;
   let uiHelper: UIhelper;
   let catalogImport: CatalogImport;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ test.describe.serial("GitHub Happy path", () => {
     backstageShowcase = new BackstageShowcase(page);
     await common.loginAsGithubUser();
   });
+
   test.beforeEach(
     async () => await new Common(page).checkAndClickOnGHloginPopup(),
   );
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ test.describe.serial("GitHub Happy path", () => {
   test("Verify Profile is Github Account Name in the Settings page", async () => {
     await uiHelper.openSidebar("Settings");
     await expect(page).toHaveURL("/settings");
-    await uiHelper.verifyHeading(process.env.GH_USER_ID as string);
+    await uiHelper.verifyHeading(process.env.GH_USER_ID);
     await uiHelper.verifyHeading(`User Entity: ${process.env.GH_USER_ID}`);
   });
 
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ test.describe.serial("GitHub Happy path", () => {
     await backstageShowcase.verifyPRRows(closedPRs, 0, 5);
   });
 
-  //TODO https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHIDP-3159 The last ~10 GitHub Pull Requests are missing from the list
+  // TODO https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHIDP-3159 The last ~10 GitHub Pull Requests are missing from the list
   test.skip("Click on the arrows to verify that the next/previous/first/last pages of PRs are loaded", async () => {
     console.log("Fetching all PRs from GitHub");
     const allPRs = await BackstageShowcase.getShowcasePRs("all", true);
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/analytics/analytics-disabled-rbac.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/analytics/analytics-disabled-rbac.spec.ts
index b07a430dfe..3042464c1e 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/analytics/analytics-disabled-rbac.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/analytics/analytics-disabled-rbac.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { Common } from "../../../utils/Common";
 import { UIhelper } from "../../../utils/UIhelper";
 import { UIhelperPO } from "../../../support/pageObjects/global-obj";
 
-test.describe('Check RBAC "analytics-provider-segment" plugin', () => {
+// TODO: reenable tests
+test.describe.skip('Check RBAC "analytics-provider-segment" plugin', () => {
   let common: Common;
   let uiHelper: UIhelper;
 
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/rbac-api.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/rbac-api.spec.ts
index a9972bed96..ceef7b658e 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/rbac-api.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/rbac-api.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { UIhelper } from "../../../utils/UIhelper";
 import { RbacConstants } from "../../../data/rbac-constants";
 import { RhdhAuthHack } from "../../../support/api/rhdh-auth-hack";
 
-test.describe("Test RBAC plugin REST API", () => {
+// TODO: reenable tests
+test.describe.skip("Test RBAC plugin REST API", () => {
   let common: Common;
   let uiHelper: UIhelper;
   let page: Page;
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/rbac.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/rbac.spec.ts
index de82e2dd95..5332ba2407 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/rbac.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/rbac/rbac.spec.ts
@@ -11,74 +11,77 @@ import { Common, setupBrowser } from "../../../utils/Common";
 import { UIhelper } from "../../../utils/UIhelper";
 import fs from "fs/promises";
 
-test.describe
-  .serial("Test RBAC plugin: load permission policies and conditions from files", () => {
-  let common: Common;
-  let uiHelper: UIhelper;
-  let page: Page;
+// TODO: reenable tests, replace skip with serial
+test.describe.skip(
+  "Test RBAC plugin: load permission policies and conditions from files",
+  () => {
+    let common: Common;
+    let uiHelper: UIhelper;
+    let page: Page;
+
+    test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
+      page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
+
+      uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
+      common = new Common(page);
+      await common.loginAsGithubUser();
+      await uiHelper.openSidebarButton("Administration");
+      await uiHelper.openSidebar("RBAC");
+      await uiHelper.verifyHeading("RBAC");
+    });
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
+    test.beforeEach(
+      async () => await new Common(page).checkAndClickOnGHloginPopup(),
+    );
 
-    uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
-    common = new Common(page);
-    await common.loginAsGithubUser();
-    await uiHelper.openSidebarButton("Administration");
-    await uiHelper.openSidebar("RBAC");
-    await uiHelper.verifyHeading("RBAC");
-  });
+    test("Check if permission policies defined in files are loaded and effective", async () => {
+      const testRole: string = "role:default/test2-role";
 
-  test.beforeEach(
-    async () => await new Common(page).checkAndClickOnGHloginPopup(),
-  );
+      await uiHelper.verifyHeading(/All roles \(\d+\)/);
+      await uiHelper.verifyLink(testRole);
+      await uiHelper.clickLink(testRole);
 
-  test("Check if permission policies defined in files are loaded and effective", async () => {
-    const testRole: string = "role:default/test2-role";
+      await uiHelper.verifyHeading(testRole);
+      await uiHelper.clickTab("Overview");
 
-    await uiHelper.verifyHeading(/All roles \(\d+\)/);
-    await uiHelper.verifyLink(testRole);
-    await uiHelper.clickLink(testRole);
+      await uiHelper.verifyText("About");
+      await uiHelper.verifyText("csv permission policy file");
 
-    await uiHelper.verifyHeading(testRole);
-    await uiHelper.clickTab("Overview");
+      await uiHelper.verifyHeading("Users and groups (1 group");
+      await uiHelper.verifyHeading("Permission policies (2)");
+      const permissionPoliciesColumnsText =
+        Roles.getPermissionPoliciesListColumnsText();
+      await uiHelper.verifyColumnHeading(permissionPoliciesColumnsText);
+      const permissionPoliciesCellsIdentifier =
+        Roles.getPermissionPoliciesListCellsIdentifier();
+      await uiHelper.verifyCellsInTable(permissionPoliciesCellsIdentifier);
 
-    await uiHelper.verifyText("About");
-    await uiHelper.verifyText("csv permission policy file");
+      await expect(page.getByRole("article")).toContainText("catalog-entity");
+      await expect(page.getByRole("article")).toContainText("Read, Update");
+      await expect(page.getByRole("article")).toContainText("Delete");
 
-    await uiHelper.verifyHeading("Users and groups (1 group");
-    await uiHelper.verifyHeading("Permission policies (2)");
-    const permissionPoliciesColumnsText =
-      Roles.getPermissionPoliciesListColumnsText();
-    await uiHelper.verifyColumnHeading(permissionPoliciesColumnsText);
-    const permissionPoliciesCellsIdentifier =
-      Roles.getPermissionPoliciesListCellsIdentifier();
-    await uiHelper.verifyCellsInTable(permissionPoliciesCellsIdentifier);
-
-    await expect(page.getByRole("article")).toContainText("catalog-entity");
-    await expect(page.getByRole("article")).toContainText("Read, Update");
-    await expect(page.getByRole("article")).toContainText("Delete");
-
-    await page.getByTestId("update-members").getByLabel("Update").click();
-    await expect(page.locator("tbody")).toContainText("rhdh-qe-2-team");
-    await uiHelper.clickButton("Next");
-    await page.getByLabel("configure-access").first().click();
-    await expect(page.getByPlaceholder("string, string")).toHaveValue(
-      "group:janus-qe/rhdh-qe-2-team,$currentUser",
-    );
-    await page.getByTestId("cancel-conditions").click();
-    await page.getByLabel("configure-access").nth(1).click();
-    await expect(page.getByPlaceholder("string, string")).toHaveValue(
-      "$currentUser",
-    );
-    await page.getByTestId("cancel-conditions").click();
-    await uiHelper.clickButton("Next");
-    await uiHelper.clickButton("Cancel");
-  });
+      await page.getByTestId("update-members").getByLabel("Update").click();
+      await expect(page.locator("tbody")).toContainText("rhdh-qe-2-team");
+      await uiHelper.clickButton("Next");
+      await page.getByLabel("configure-access").first().click();
+      await expect(page.getByPlaceholder("string, string")).toHaveValue(
+        "group:janus-qe/rhdh-qe-2-team,$currentUser",
+      );
+      await page.getByTestId("cancel-conditions").click();
+      await page.getByLabel("configure-access").nth(1).click();
+      await expect(page.getByPlaceholder("string, string")).toHaveValue(
+        "$currentUser",
+      );
+      await page.getByTestId("cancel-conditions").click();
+      await uiHelper.clickButton("Next");
+      await uiHelper.clickButton("Cancel");
+    });
 
-  test.afterAll(async () => {
-    await page.close();
-  });
-});
+    test.afterAll(async () => {
+      await page.close();
+    });
+  },
+);
 
 test.describe
   .serial("Test RBAC plugin: Aliases used in conditional access policies", () => {
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/pageObjects/global-obj.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/pageObjects/global-obj.ts
index f34f686886..04d6b62816 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/pageObjects/global-obj.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/pageObjects/global-obj.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ export const waitsObjs = {
 };
 
 export const UIhelperPO = {
-  MuiButtonLabel: 'span[class^="MuiButton-label"]',
+  // MUI v4 buttons are spans with a class starting with MuiButton-label
+  // MUI v5 buttons are HTML buttons with a class containing MuiButton-root
+  MuiButtonLabel:
+    'span[class^="MuiButton-label"],button[class~="MuiButton-root"]',
   MuiToggleButtonLabel: 'span[class^="MuiToggleButton-label"]',
   MuiBoxLabel: 'div[class*="MuiBox-root"] label',
   MuiTableHead: 'th[class*="MuiTableCell-root"]',