diff --git a/ocs_ci/ocs/constants.py b/ocs_ci/ocs/constants.py
index 8ca783ea4b3..3bbb613a739 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/ocs/constants.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/ocs/constants.py
@@ -610,6 +610,8 @@
 
 SIMPLE_APP_POD_YAML = os.path.join(TEMPLATE_APP_POD_DIR, "simple-app.yaml")
 
+NFS_APP_POD_YAML = os.path.join(TEMPLATE_APP_POD_DIR, "nfs_test_app.yaml")
+
 FEDORA_DC_YAML = os.path.join(TEMPLATE_APP_POD_DIR, "fedora_dc.yaml")
 
 PERF_DC_YAML = os.path.join(TEMPLATE_APP_POD_DIR, "performance_dc.yaml")
diff --git a/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/nfs_test_app.yaml b/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/nfs_test_app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80a8d5689f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/nfs_test_app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+apiVersion: apps.openshift.io/v1
+kind: DeploymentConfig
+metadata:
+  name: nfs-test-pod
+  namespace: openshift-storage
+  labels:
+    app: nfs-test-pod
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        name: nfs-test-pod
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: Always
+      volumes:
+      - name: vol
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: nfs-pvc
+      containers:
+      - name: fedora
+        image: fedora
+        command: ['/bin/bash', '-ce', 'tail -f /dev/null']
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        securityContext:
+          capabilities: {}
+          privileged: true
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /mnt
+          name: vol
+        livenessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - 'sh'
+            - '-ec'
+            - 'df /mnt'
+          initialDelaySeconds: 3
+          periodSeconds: 3
+  replicas: 1
+  triggers:
+    - type: ConfigChange
+  paused: false
diff --git a/tests/manage/nfs_feature/test_nfs_feature_enable_for_ODF_clusters.py b/tests/manage/nfs_feature/test_nfs_feature_enable_for_ODF_clusters.py
index 0e7b16b6aff..175456d5430 100644
--- a/tests/manage/nfs_feature/test_nfs_feature_enable_for_ODF_clusters.py
+++ b/tests/manage/nfs_feature/test_nfs_feature_enable_for_ODF_clusters.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 import logging
 import time
-import yaml
 import os
 
 
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@
 from ocs_ci.utility.connection import Connection
 from ocs_ci.ocs import constants, ocp
 from ocs_ci.helpers import helpers
+from ocs_ci.utility import templating
 from ocs_ci.framework.pytest_customization.marks import brown_squad
 from ocs_ci.framework.testlib import (
     skipif_ocs_version,
@@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ def test_respin_app_pod_exported_nfs_volume_incluster(
 
             # Create deployment config for app pod
             log.info("----create deployment config----")
+            '''
             deployment_config = """
                         apiVersion: apps.openshift.io/v1
                         kind: DeploymentConfig
@@ -1186,7 +1187,8 @@ def test_respin_app_pod_exported_nfs_volume_incluster(
                             - type: ConfigChange
                           paused: false
                         """
-            deployment_config_data = yaml.safe_load(deployment_config)
+                        '''
+            deployment_config_data = templating.load_yaml(constants.FIO_DEPLOYMENT_YAML)
             helpers.create_resource(**deployment_config_data)
             time.sleep(60)