diff --git a/e2e/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/apiserver/ApiServerClient.java b/e2e/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/apiserver/ApiServerClient.java
index b07d88260..96c46d369 100644
--- a/e2e/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/apiserver/ApiServerClient.java
+++ b/e2e/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/apiserver/ApiServerClient.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import jakarta.ws.rs.QueryParam;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.model.Analysis;
+import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.model.ApiKey;
 import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.model.BomProcessingResponse;
 import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.model.BomUploadRequest;
 import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.model.ConfigProperty;
@@ -74,6 +75,12 @@ String login(@FormParam("username") final String username,
     @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     Team createTeam(final CreateTeamRequest request);
 
+    @PUT
+    @Path("/team/{uuid}/key")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Consumes(MediaType.WILDCARD)
+    ApiKey createApiKey(@PathParam("uuid") final UUID teamUuid);
+
     @POST
     @Path("/permission/{permission}/team/{uuid}")
     @Produces(MediaType.WILDCARD)
diff --git a/e2e/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/e2e/AbstractE2ET.java b/e2e/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/e2e/AbstractE2ET.java
index db970507f..216fd6793 100644
--- a/e2e/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/e2e/AbstractE2ET.java
+++ b/e2e/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/e2e/AbstractE2ET.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.ApiServerClient;
 import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.CompositeDecoder;
 import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.CompositeEncoder;
+import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.model.ApiKey;
 import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.model.CreateTeamRequest;
 import org.dependencytrack.apiserver.model.Team;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
@@ -286,6 +287,9 @@ private ApiServerClient initializeApiServerClient() {
         logger.info("Creating e2e team");
         final Team team = client.createTeam(new CreateTeamRequest("e2e"));
 
+        logger.info("Creating API key for e2e team");
+        final ApiKey apiKey = client.createApiKey(team.uuid());
+
         // TODO: Should assigned permissions be configurable per test case?
         logger.info("Assigning permissions to e2e team");
         for (final String permission : Set.of(
@@ -302,7 +306,7 @@ private ApiServerClient initializeApiServerClient() {
         }
 
         logger.info("Authenticating as e2e team");
-        ApiServerAuthInterceptor.setApiKey(team.apiKeys().getFirst().key());
+        ApiServerAuthInterceptor.setApiKey(apiKey.key());
 
         return client;
     }