diff --git a/ocs_ci/deployment/helpers/hypershift_base.py b/ocs_ci/deployment/helpers/hypershift_base.py
index ce2cab789974..3f1ba80694ec 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/deployment/helpers/hypershift_base.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/deployment/helpers/hypershift_base.py
@@ -593,6 +593,20 @@ def get_mce_version(self):
         logger.info(f"Multicluster engine version: {cmd_res.stdout.decode('utf-8')}")
         return cmd_res.stdout.decode("utf-8")
 
+    def hypershift_upstream_installed(self):
+        """
+        Check if hypershift is installed on the cluster
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if hypershift is installed, False otherwise
+        """
+        cmd = "oc get deployments -n hypershift | awk 'NR>1 {print \"true\"; exit}' "
+        cmd_res = exec_cmd(cmd, shell=True)
+        if cmd_res.returncode != 0:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to get hypershift operator version\n{cmd_res.stderr}")
+            return False
+
+        return cmd_res.stdout.decode("utf-8").strip() == "true"
+
     def install_hypershift_upstream_on_cluster(self):
         """
         Install hypershift on the cluster
diff --git a/ocs_ci/deployment/hosted_cluster.py b/ocs_ci/deployment/hosted_cluster.py
index 5f8a6c16b9e5..9d6118c2861e 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/deployment/hosted_cluster.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/deployment/hosted_cluster.py
@@ -353,13 +353,20 @@ def deploy_dependencies(
         )
 
         if provider_ocp_version > latest_released_ocp_version:
-            try:
-                self.disable_multicluster_engine()
-                self.install_hypershift_upstream_on_cluster()
-            except CommandFailed as e:
-                raise AssertionError(
-                    f"Failed to install Hypershift on the cluster: {e}"
-                )
+            if not self.hypershift_upstream_installed():
+                try:
+                    self.disable_multicluster_engine()
+                    # avoid timelapse error "
+                    # Error: [serviceaccounts "operator" is forbidden: unable to create new content"
+                    logger.info(
+                        "Sleeping for 5 minutes after disable_multicluster_engine()"
+                    )
+                    time.sleep(5 * 60)
+                    self.install_hypershift_upstream_on_cluster()
+                except CommandFailed as e:
+                    raise AssertionError(
+                        f"Failed to install Hypershift on the cluster: {e}"
+                    )
 
 
 class HostedODF(HypershiftHostedOCP):