diff --git a/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/controller/integration_test.go b/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/controller/integration_test.go
index 9c1239e95..971d5c4a6 100644
--- a/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/controller/integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/controller/integration_test.go
@@ -577,6 +577,123 @@ func Test_WatcherEventingCRK8sObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_EventMesh_MalformattedSecret(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name            string
+		givenSecretData map[string][]byte
+		wantMatcher     gomegatypes.GomegaMatcher
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "should have ready state when EventMesh secret is malformatted",
+			givenSecretData: map[string][]byte{
+				"management": []byte("foo"),
+				"messaging": []byte(`[
+			  {
+				"broker": {
+				  "type": "bar"
+				},
+				"oa2": {
+				  "clientid": "foo",
+				  "clientsecret": "foo",
+				  "granttype": "client_credentials",
+				  "tokenendpoint": "bar"
+				},
+				"protocol": [
+				  "amqp10ws"
+				],
+				"uri": "foo"
+			  },
+			  {
+				"broker": {
+				  "type": "foo"
+				},
+				"oa2": {
+				  "clientid": "bar",
+				  "clientsecret": "bar",
+				  "granttype": "client_credentials",
+				  "tokenendpoint": "foo"
+				},
+				"protocol": [
+				  "bar"
+				],
+				"uri": "bar"
+			  },
+			  {
+				"broker": {
+				  "type": "foo"
+				},
+				"oa2": {
+				  "clientid": "foo",
+				  "clientsecret": "bar",
+				  "granttype": "client_credentials",
+				  "tokenendpoint": "foo"
+				},
+				"protocol": [
+				  "httprest"
+				],
+				"uri": "bar"
+			  }
+			]`),
+				"namespace":         []byte("bar"),
+				"serviceinstanceid": []byte("foo"),
+				"xsappname":         []byte("bar"),
+			},
+			wantMatcher: gomega.And(
+				matchers.HaveStatusReady(),
+			),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			g := gomega.NewWithT(t)
+
+			// Given:
+			// Make the Deployment always beeing ready.
+			eventingcontroller.IsDeploymentReady = func(deployment *kappsv1.Deployment) bool {
+				return true
+			}
+
+			// Create an Eventing CR. We do not care about the details in this test.
+			givenEventingCR := utils.NewEventingCR(
+				utils.WithEventMeshBackend("test-secret-name"),
+				utils.WithEventingPublisherData(1, 1, "199m", "99Mi", "399m", "199Mi"),
+				utils.WithEventingEventTypePrefix("test-prefix"),
+			)
+
+			// Create an unique Namespace for this test run.
+			givenNamespace := givenEventingCR.Namespace
+			testEnvironment.EnsureNamespaceCreation(t, givenNamespace)
+
+			// // Create an EventMesh Secret. This is the crucial part of the test;
+			// // if the Secret is malformatted, Eventing should have the warning status.
+			// // Frist we need to extract the Secret name and namespace from the given Eventing CR.
+			// subArray := strings.Split(givenEventingCR.Spec.Backend.Config.EventMeshSecret, "/")
+			// secretName, secretNameSpace := subArray[1], subArray[0]
+			// // Now we can assemble the Secret.
+			// secret := kcorev1.Secret{
+			// 	ObjectMeta: kmetav1.ObjectMeta{
+			// 		Name:      secretName,
+			// 		Namespace: secretNameSpace,
+			// 	},
+			// 	Data: tc.givenSecretData,
+			// 	Type: "Opaque",
+			// }
+			// // Finally, we create the Secret in the K8s cluster.
+			// testEnvironment.EnsureEventMeshSecretCreated(t, &secret)
+			testEnvironment.EnsureDefaultEventMeshSecretCreated(t, givenEventingCR)
+
+			// When:
+			// Create the Eventing CR with the given EventMesh Secret.
+			testEnvironment.EnsureK8sResourceCreated(t, givenEventingCR)
+
+			// Then:
+			// Check the Eventing CR status against the expected status.
+			testEnvironment.GetEventingAssert(g, givenEventingCR).Should(tc.wantMatcher)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_CreateEventingCR_EventMesh(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name                          string
@@ -662,8 +779,7 @@ func Test_CreateEventingCR_EventMesh(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// create unique namespace for this test run.
-			givenNamespace := testcase.givenEventing.Namespace
-
+			givenNamespace := tc.givenEventing.Namespace
 			testEnvironment.EnsureNamespaceCreation(t, givenNamespace)
 
 			// create eventing-webhook-auth secret.
@@ -671,7 +787,7 @@ func Test_CreateEventingCR_EventMesh(t *testing.T) {
 
 			if !testcase.shouldEventMeshSecretNotFound {
 				// create EventMesh secret.
-				testEnvironment.EnsureEventMeshSecretCreated(t, testcase.givenEventing)
+				testEnvironment.EnsureDefaultEventMeshSecretCreated(t, tc.givenEventing)
 			}
 
 			originalKubeClient := testEnvironment.KubeClient
@@ -804,8 +920,8 @@ func Test_DeleteEventingCR(t *testing.T) {
 				testEnvironment.EnsureNATSResourceStateReady(t, nats)
 			} else {
 				// create eventing-webhook-auth secret.
-				testEnvironment.EnsureOAuthSecretCreated(t, testcase.givenEventing)
-				testEnvironment.EnsureEventMeshSecretCreated(t, testcase.givenEventing)
+				testEnvironment.EnsureOAuthSecretCreated(t, tc.givenEventing)
+				testEnvironment.EnsureDefaultEventMeshSecretCreated(t, tc.givenEventing)
 			}
 			testEnvironment.EnsureK8sResourceCreated(t, testcase.givenEventing)
 
@@ -936,7 +1052,7 @@ func Test_WatcherNATSResource(t *testing.T) {
 				)
 				// create necessary EventMesh secrets
 				testEnvironment.EnsureOAuthSecretCreated(t, eventingResource)
-				testEnvironment.EnsureEventMeshSecretCreated(t, eventingResource)
+				testEnvironment.EnsureDefaultEventMeshSecretCreated(t, eventingResource)
 			} else {
 				eventingResource = utils.NewEventingCR(
 					utils.WithEventingCRNamespace(givenNamespace),
diff --git a/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/controllerswitching/integration_test.go b/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/controllerswitching/integration_test.go
index fbe2c4141..2b320036f 100644
--- a/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/controllerswitching/integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/controllerswitching/integration_test.go
@@ -166,10 +166,10 @@ func Test_Switching(t *testing.T) {
 			// create eventing-webhook-auth secret.
 			testEnvironment.EnsureOAuthSecretCreated(t, testcase.givenEventing)
 			// create EventMesh secret.
-			if testcase.givenEventing.Spec.Backend.Type == operatorv1alpha1.EventMeshBackendType {
-				testEnvironment.EnsureEventMeshSecretCreated(t, testcase.givenEventing)
-			} else if testcase.givenSwitchedEventing.Spec.Backend.Type == operatorv1alpha1.EventMeshBackendType {
-				testEnvironment.EnsureEventMeshSecretCreated(t, testcase.givenSwitchedEventing)
+			if tc.givenEventing.Spec.Backend.Type == operatorv1alpha1.EventMeshBackendType {
+				testEnvironment.EnsureDefaultEventMeshSecretCreated(t, tc.givenEventing)
+			} else if tc.givenSwitchedEventing.Spec.Backend.Type == operatorv1alpha1.EventMeshBackendType {
+				testEnvironment.EnsureDefaultEventMeshSecretCreated(t, tc.givenSwitchedEventing)
 			}
 
 			// create Eventing CR.
diff --git a/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/without_apirule_crd/integration_test.go b/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/without_apirule_crd/integration_test.go
index 0d144f636..a7e072a29 100644
--- a/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/without_apirule_crd/integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/operator/eventing/integrationtests/without_apirule_crd/integration_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func Test_EventMesh_APIRule_Dependency_Check(t *testing.T) {
 			testEnvironment.EnsureOAuthSecretCreated(t, testcase.givenEventing)
 
 			// create EventMesh secret.
-			testEnvironment.EnsureEventMeshSecretCreated(t, testcase.givenEventing)
+			testEnvironment.EnsureDefaultEventMeshSecretCreated(t, tc.givenEventing)
 
 			// when
 			// create Eventing CR.