diff --git a/.github/workflows/move2kube-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/move2kube-e2e.yaml
index 7bd96933..eae1b684 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/move2kube-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/move2kube-e2e.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ jobs:
           kubectl get pods -o wide
           kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready=true pods -l "app=sonataflow-platform" --timeout=180s
 
+      - name: Deploy fake notifications service
+        run: |
+          source e2e/helper-functions.sh
+          create-fake-notifications-service
+
       - name: Deploy Move2kube serverless workflow
         run: |
           kubectl patch configmap/config-features \
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
           
           kubectl patch configmap/m2k-props \
             --type merge \
-            -p '{"data": {"application.properties" :"move2kube_url=http://move2kube-instance-svc.default.svc.cluster.local:8080\nquarkus.rest-client.move2kube_yaml.url=http://move2kube-instance-svc.default.svc.cluster.local:8080\nquarkus.rest-client.notifications.url=http://janus-idp-workflows-backstage.default.svc.cluster.local:7007/api/notifications/"}}'
+            -p '{"data": {"application.properties" :"move2kube_url=http://move2kube-instance-svc.default.svc.cluster.local:8080\nquarkus.rest-client.move2kube_yaml.url=http://move2kube-instance-svc.default.svc.cluster.local:8080\nquarkus.rest-client.notifications.url=http://fake-notifications-service.default.svc.cluster.local:8080/api/notifications/"}}'
           kubectl delete pod -l "app=m2k"
           kubectl get pods -o wide
           kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready=true pods -l "app=m2k" --timeout=1m
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mta-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/mta-e2e.yaml
index 4b48874b..f9502b7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mta-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mta-e2e.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Create k8s Kind Cluster
         uses: helm/kind-action@v1.10.0
         with:
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready=true pods -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=tackle-ui" -n my-konveyor-operator --timeout=120s
           # now MTA workflow can execute agains tackle-ui.my-konveyor-operator.svc:8080
 
-      - name: Deploy Janus-idp-workflow-helm (janus + sonataflow-opertor)
+      - name: Deploy Orchestrator-k8s helm chart
         run: |
           helm repo add orchestrator https://parodos-dev.github.io/orchestrator-helm-chart
           helm install orchestrator orchestrator/orchestrator-k8s
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ jobs:
           kubectl get pods -o wide
           kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready=true pods -l "app=sonataflow-platform" --timeout=120s
 
+      - name: Deploy fake notifications service
+        run: |
+          source e2e/helper-functions.sh
+          create-fake-notifications-service
+
       - name: Download sonataflow artifacts generated manifests
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy MTA serverless workflow
         run: |
           # Set the endpoint to the tackle-ui service
-          yq --inplace '.spec.podTemplate.container.env |= ( . + [{"name": "QUARKUS_REST_CLIENT_MTA_JSON_URL", "value": "http://tackle-ui.my-konveyor-operator.svc:8080/hub"}, {"name": "BACKSTAGE_NOTIFICATIONS_URL", "value": "http://janus-idp-workflows-backstage.default.svc.cluster.local:7007/api/notifications/"}] )' manifests/01-sonataflow_mtaanalysis.yaml
+          yq --inplace '.spec.podTemplate.container.env |= ( . + [{"name": "QUARKUS_REST_CLIENT_MTA_JSON_URL", "value": "http://tackle-ui.my-konveyor-operator.svc:8080/hub"}, {"name": "BACKSTAGE_NOTIFICATIONS_URL", "value": "http://fake-notifications-service.default.svc.cluster.local:8080/api/notifications/"}] )' manifests/01-sonataflow_mtaanalysis.yaml
           
           # Disable persistence for e2e tests
           yq e '.spec.persistence = {}' -i manifests/01-sonataflow_mtaanalysis.yaml
@@ -114,11 +120,6 @@ jobs:
           cat manifests/01-sonataflow_mtaanalysis.yaml
           echo "---"
 
-          # Set notification external access token
-          echo " Set notification external access token"
-          yq --inplace '.data."NOTIFICATIONS_BEARER_TOKEN" = "ZTJldG9rZW4="' manifests/01-secret_mtaanalysis.yaml # notsecret
-          cat manifests/01-secret_mtaanalysis.yaml
-
           # deploy the manifests created by the ${{ steps.build-image.outputs.image }} image
           kubectl apply -f manifests/
           sleep 5
@@ -128,7 +129,6 @@ jobs:
           kubectl get pods -o wide
           kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready=true pods -l "app=mtaanalysis" --timeout=5m
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run e2e script
         run: |
           e2e/mta.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mta-v6.x-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/mta-v6.x-e2e.yaml
index 7422b38d..f639d59e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mta-v6.x-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mta-v6.x-e2e.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Create k8s Kind Cluster
         uses: helm/kind-action@v1.10.0
         with:
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ jobs:
           kubectl get pods -o wide
           kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready=true pods -l "app=sonataflow-platform" --timeout=600s
 
+      - name: Deploy fake notifications service
+        run: |
+          source e2e/helper-functions.sh
+          create-fake-notifications-service
+
       - name: Download sonataflow artifacts generated manifests
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy MTA serverless workflow
         run: |
           # Set the endpoint to the tackle-ui service
-          yq --inplace '.spec.podTemplate.container.env |= ( . + [{"name": "QUARKUS_REST_CLIENT_MTA_JSON_URL", "value": "http://tackle-ui.my-konveyor-operator.svc:8080"}, {"name": "BACKSTAGE_NOTIFICATIONS_URL", "value": "http://janus-idp-workflows-backstage.default.svc.cluster.local:7007/api/notifications/"}] )' manifests/01-sonataflow_mta-analysis-v6.yaml
+          yq --inplace '.spec.podTemplate.container.env |= ( . + [{"name": "QUARKUS_REST_CLIENT_MTA_JSON_URL", "value": "http://tackle-ui.my-konveyor-operator.svc:8080"}, {"name": "BACKSTAGE_NOTIFICATIONS_URL", "value": "http://fake-notifications-service.default.svc.cluster.local:8080/api/notifications/"}] )' manifests/01-sonataflow_mta-analysis-v6.yaml
           
           # Disable persistence for e2e tests
           yq e '.spec.persistence = {}' -i manifests/01-sonataflow_mta-analysis-v6.yaml
@@ -123,7 +129,6 @@ jobs:
           kubectl get pods -o wide
           kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready=true pods -l "app=mta-analysis-v6" --timeout=10m
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run e2e script
         run: |
           e2e/mta-v6.x.sh
diff --git a/e2e/helper-functions.sh b/e2e/helper-functions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84f57512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/helper-functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+function create-fake-notifications-service() {
+    oc run fake-notifications-service --image=docker.io/golang:1.21 --port=8080 -- bash -c 'cat <<EOF > main.go && go run main.go
+package main
+
+import (
+    "fmt"
+    "log"
+    "net/http"
+)
+func main() {
+    log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { fmt.Println(r) })))
+}
+EOF
+'
+    kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready=true pods fake-notifications-service --timeout=5m
+    kubectl expose pods/fake-notifications-service
+}