diff --git a/apps/meteor/tests/e2e/channel-management.spec.ts b/apps/meteor/tests/e2e/channel-management.spec.ts
index 025c277eb140..61d6c9a2ced2 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/tests/e2e/channel-management.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/tests/e2e/channel-management.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test';
+import faker from '@faker-js/faker';
+
 import { test, expect } from './utils/test';
 import { HomeChannel } from './page-objects';
 import { createTargetChannel } from './utils';
@@ -7,9 +10,13 @@ test.use({ storageState: 'admin-session.json' });
 test.describe.serial('channel-management', () => {
 	let poHomeChannel: HomeChannel;
 	let targetChannel: string;
+	let regularUserPage: Page;
 
-	test.beforeAll(async ({ api }) => {
+	test.beforeAll(async ({ api, browser }) => {
 		targetChannel = await createTargetChannel(api);
+		regularUserPage = await browser.newPage({ storageState: 'user2-session.json' });
+		await regularUserPage.goto('/home');
+		await regularUserPage.waitForSelector('[data-qa-id="home-header"]');
 	});
 
 	test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
@@ -101,6 +108,19 @@ test.describe.serial('channel-management', () => {
 		await expect(poHomeChannel.toastSuccess).toBeVisible();
 	});
 
+	test('expect "readOnlyChannel" to show join button', async () => {
+		const channelName = faker.datatype.uuid();
+
+		await poHomeChannel.sidenav.openNewByLabel('Channel');
+		await poHomeChannel.sidenav.inputChannelName.type(channelName);
+		await poHomeChannel.sidenav.checkboxPrivateChannel.click();
+		await poHomeChannel.sidenav.checkboxReadOnly.click();
+		await poHomeChannel.sidenav.btnCreate.click();
+
+		await regularUserPage.goto(`/channel/${channelName}`);
+		await expect(regularUserPage.locator('button', { hasText: 'Join' })).toBeVisible();
+	});
+
 	test.skip('expect all notification preferences of "targetChannel" to be "Mentions"', async () => {
 		await poHomeChannel.sidenav.openChat(targetChannel);
 		await poHomeChannel.tabs.kebab.click({ force: true });
diff --git a/apps/meteor/tests/e2e/page-objects/fragments/home-sidenav.ts b/apps/meteor/tests/e2e/page-objects/fragments/home-sidenav.ts
index 200582a5a756..6a2dc1123ee6 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/tests/e2e/page-objects/fragments/home-sidenav.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/tests/e2e/page-objects/fragments/home-sidenav.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ export class HomeSidenav {
 		);
 	}
 
+	get checkboxReadOnly(): Locator {
+		return this.page.locator(
+			'//*[@id="modal-root"]//*[contains(@class, "rcx-field") and contains(text(), "Read Only")]/../following-sibling::label/i',
+		);
+	}
+
 	get inputChannelName(): Locator {
 		return this.page.locator('#modal-root [data-qa="create-channel-modal"] [data-qa-type="channel-name-input"]');
 	}