diff --git a/charts/redpanda/templates/tests/test-schemaregistry-internal-tls-status.yaml b/charts/redpanda/templates/tests/test-schemaregistry-internal-tls-status.yaml
index a2c588ae10..831157ce2e 100644
--- a/charts/redpanda/templates/tests/test-schemaregistry-internal-tls-status.yaml
+++ b/charts/redpanda/templates/tests/test-schemaregistry-internal-tls-status.yaml
@@ -78,11 +78,60 @@ spec:
 
           schemaCurl https://{{ include "redpanda.internal.domain" . }}:{{ .Values.listeners.schemaRegistry.port }}/subjects
 
-          schemaCurl -X DELETE \
-          https://{{ include "redpanda.internal.domain" . }}:{{ .Values.listeners.schemaRegistry.port }}/subjects/sensor-value/versions/1
+          max_iteration=10
 
-          schemaCurl -X DELETE \
-          https://{{ include "redpanda.internal.domain" . }}:{{ .Values.listeners.schemaRegistry.port }}/subjects/sensor-value/versions/1?permanent=true
+          for i in $(seq 1 $max_iteration)
+          do
+            curl -vv -X DELETE \
+              {{- if or (include "sasl-enabled" .|fromJson).bool .Values.listeners.schemaRegistry.authenticationMethod }}
+              -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD \
+              {{- end }}
+              {{- if $cert.caEnabled }}
+              --cacert /etc/tls/certs/{{ $service.tls.cert }}/ca.crt \
+              {{- end }}
+              https://{{ include "redpanda.internal.domain" . }}:{{ .Values.listeners.schemaRegistry.port }}/subjects/sensor-value/versions/1
+            result=$?
+            if [[ $result -eq 0 ]]
+            then
+              echo "Result successful"
+              break
+            else
+              echo "Result unsuccessful"
+              sleep 1
+            fi
+          done
+
+          if [[ $result -ne 0 ]]
+          then
+            echo "All of the trials failed to delete schema!!!"
+          fi
+
+          for i in $(seq 1 $max_iteration)
+          do
+            curl -vv -X DELETE \
+              {{- if or (include "sasl-enabled" .|fromJson).bool .Values.listeners.schemaRegistry.authenticationMethod }}
+              -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD \
+              {{- end }}
+              {{- if $cert.caEnabled }}
+              --cacert /etc/tls/certs/{{ $service.tls.cert }}/ca.crt \
+              {{- end }}
+              https://{{ include "redpanda.internal.domain" . }}:{{ .Values.listeners.schemaRegistry.port }}/subjects/sensor-value/versions/1?permanent=true
+            result=$?
+            if [[ $result -eq 0 ]]
+            then
+              echo "Result successful"
+              break
+            else
+              echo "Result unsuccessful"
+              sleep 1
+            fi
+          done
+
+          if [[ $result -ne 0 ]]
+          then
+            echo "All of the trials failed to permanently delete schema!!!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
       volumeMounts:
       {{- range $name, $cert := .Values.tls.certs }}
         - name: redpanda-{{ $name }}-cert