diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-kube-secrets-hono-api-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-kube-secrets-hono-api-test.yaml
index cdc5b03e1..cb4dceb67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-kube-secrets-hono-api-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-kube-secrets-hono-api-test.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: deploy Kubernetes secrets to test environment
         run: |
+          # Check if the namespace 'hono-api-test' is already created, if not, create it.
+          NAMESPACE=$(kubectl get namespaces -o jsonpath="{.items[?(@.metadata.name=='hono-api-test')].metadata.name}")
+          if [ -z "$NAMESPACE" ]; then
+            echo "Namespace does not exist. Creating namespace..."
+            kubectl apply -f microk8s-hono-api/hono-api-test/namespace.yaml
+          else
+            echo "Namespace already exists. Skipping creation."
+          fi
           # create secret regcred for kubernetes to pull image from private registry on Github
           if ! kubectl -n hono-api-test get secret regcred; then
             # create the secret when no secret is found