diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_test.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_test.yml
index c882a0a8..4a92481c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_test.yml
@@ -66,12 +66,18 @@ jobs:
           git config --global url."https://${ACCESS_TOKEN}:@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub
+        if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
           registry: docker.io
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
 
+      - name: Set up Docker without login for forked PR
+        if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
+        run: |
+          echo "::warning::Running in fork mode without DockerHub authentication"
+
       - name: Set up Ginkgo
         run: |
           go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo@latest
@@ -96,7 +102,6 @@ jobs:
           kind load docker-image --name pulsar-dev docker.cloudsmith.io/streamnative/operators/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy:v0.8.0
           df -h
 
-
       - name: Install Pulsar Operators and sn-platform
         run: |
           helm repo add streamnative https://charts.streamnative.io