diff --git a/.github/configs/ct-install.yaml b/.github/configs/ct-install.yaml
index d1b3cd36..52b66d14 100644
--- a/.github/configs/ct-install.yaml
+++ b/.github/configs/ct-install.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ charts:
 - charts/argo-cd
 chart-repos:
   - dandydeveloper=https://dandydeveloper.github.io/charts/
-helm-extra-args: "--timeout 600s"  
+helm-extra-args: "--timeout 600s"
 validate-chart-schema: false
 validate-maintainers: true
 validate-yaml: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
index 213b24f9..f0c05b03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run chart-testing (install)
         run: ct install --config ./.github/configs/ct-install.yaml --target-branch ${{ github.base_ref }}
-        if: steps.list-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
\ No newline at end of file
+        if: steps.list-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
diff --git a/charts/argo-cd/ci/default-values.yaml b/charts/argo-cd/ci/default-values.yaml
index 607a4825..e7021460 100644
--- a/charts/argo-cd/ci/default-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-cd/ci/default-values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,19 @@
 crds:
   keep: false
 
-# these tests only support vanilla argo-cd
-# do not work for event reporter component
-eventReporter:
-  enabled: false
+# needed for correct work of event reporter component
+extraObjects:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: argocd-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: codefresh-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
diff --git a/charts/argo-cd/ci/dynamic-sharding-values.yaml b/charts/argo-cd/ci/dynamic-sharding-values.yaml
index bb653183..b541857d 100644
--- a/charts/argo-cd/ci/dynamic-sharding-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-cd/ci/dynamic-sharding-values.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,18 @@ controller:
 
 # these tests only support vanilla argo-cd
 # do not work for event reporter component
-eventReporter:
-  enabled: false
+extraObjects:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: argocd-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: codefresh-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
diff --git a/charts/argo-cd/ci/extension-values.yaml b/charts/argo-cd/ci/extension-values.yaml
index 0ac439d8..20ab03ad 100644
--- a/charts/argo-cd/ci/extension-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-cd/ci/extension-values.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,19 @@ server:
           - name: EXTENSION_CHECKSUM_URL
             value: https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-extension-metrics/releases/download/v1.0.0/extension_checksums.txt
 
-# these tests only support vanilla argo-cd
-# do not work for event reporter component
-eventReporter:
-  enabled: false
+# needed for correct work of event reporter component
+extraObjects:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: argocd-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: codefresh-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
diff --git a/charts/argo-cd/ci/external-redis-values.yaml b/charts/argo-cd/ci/external-redis-values.yaml
index ef45271f..76acd363 100644
--- a/charts/argo-cd/ci/external-redis-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-cd/ci/external-redis-values.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,19 @@ externalRedis:
   host: "redis-master.redis.svc.cluster.local"
   password: "argocd"
 
-# these tests only support vanilla argo-cd
-# do not work for event reporter component
-eventReporter:
-  enabled: false
+# needed for correct work of event reporter component
+extraObjects:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: argocd-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: codefresh-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
diff --git a/charts/argo-cd/ci/ha-autoscaling-values.yaml b/charts/argo-cd/ci/ha-autoscaling-values.yaml
index 90719691..715fd3c0 100644
--- a/charts/argo-cd/ci/ha-autoscaling-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-cd/ci/ha-autoscaling-values.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,19 @@ repoServer:
     enabled: true
     minReplicas: 2
 
-# these tests only support vanilla argo-cd
-# do not work for event reporter component
-eventReporter:
-  enabled: false
+# needed for correct work of event reporter component
+extraObjects:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: argocd-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: codefresh-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
diff --git a/charts/argo-cd/ci/ha-static-values.yaml b/charts/argo-cd/ci/ha-static-values.yaml
index 5071934c..f6f70e39 100644
--- a/charts/argo-cd/ci/ha-static-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argo-cd/ci/ha-static-values.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,19 @@ server:
 repoServer:
   replicas: 2
 
-# these tests only support vanilla argo-cd
-# do not work for event reporter component
-eventReporter:
-  enabled: false
+# needed for correct work of event reporter component
+extraObjects:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: argocd-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: codefresh-token
+    type: Opaque
+    data:
+      token: c29tZS10ZXN0LXBhc3N3b3Jk # some-test-password