diff --git a/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/federated_openshift_monitoring_test.go b/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/federated_openshift_monitoring_test.go
index 74c6d836..af60d174 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/federated_openshift_monitoring_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/federated_openshift_monitoring_test.go
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ import (
 // See the comment on TestOpenShiftMonitoring for help setting up on crc
 func TestFederatedOpenShiftMonitoring(t *testing.T) {
 	test.NewTest(t).Id("federated-openshift-monitoring-integration").Groups(test.Full, test.ARM).Run(func(t test.TestHelper) {
-		meshValues := map[string]string{
+		meshValues := map[string]interface{}{
 			"Name":    smcpName,
 			"Version": env.GetSMCPVersion().String(),
 			"Member":  ns.Foo,
+			"Rosa":    env.IsRosa(),
 		}
 
 		t.Cleanup(func() {
diff --git a/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/openshift_monitoring_test.go b/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/openshift_monitoring_test.go
index 4dfbc34f..403cb116 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/openshift_monitoring_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/openshift_monitoring_test.go
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ func TestOpenShiftMonitoring(t *testing.T) {
 		if smcpVer.LessThan(version.SMCP_2_4) {
 			t.Skip("integration with OpenShift Monitoring stack is not supported in OSSM older than v2.4.0")
 		}
-		meshValues := map[string]string{
+		meshValues := map[string]interface{}{
 			"Name":                smcpName,
 			"Version":             smcpVer.String(),
 			"Member":              ns.Foo,
 			"manageNetworkPolicy": "false",
+			"Rosa":                env.IsRosa(),
 		}
 		kialiValues := map[string]string{
 			"SmcpName":      smcpName,
diff --git a/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/yaml/federated-monitoring-mesh.tmpl.yaml b/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/yaml/federated-monitoring-mesh.tmpl.yaml
index 30b2016d..d8a63a5d 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/yaml/federated-monitoring-mesh.tmpl.yaml
+++ b/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/yaml/federated-monitoring-mesh.tmpl.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ spec:
   security:
     dataPlane:
       mtls: true
+    {{ if .Rosa }}
+    identity:
+      type: ThirdParty
+    {{ end }}
   tracing:
     type: None
   version: {{ .Version }}
diff --git a/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/yaml/mesh.tmpl.yaml b/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/yaml/mesh.tmpl.yaml
index b17d2787..ed7df64a 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/yaml/mesh.tmpl.yaml
+++ b/pkg/tests/tasks/observability/yaml/mesh.tmpl.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ spec:
     dataPlane:
       mtls: true
     manageNetworkPolicy: {{ .manageNetworkPolicy }}
+    {{ if .Rosa }}
+    identity:
+      type: ThirdParty
+    {{ end }}
   tracing:
     type: None
   version: {{ .Version }}