diff --git a/test/suites/standard2/configuration.robot b/test/suites/standard2/configuration.robot
index 6da0a34d1b..6e96401a0b 100644
--- a/test/suites/standard2/configuration.robot
+++ b/test/suites/standard2/configuration.robot
@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ Crio Uses Crun Runtime
     ${runtime}=    Command Should Work    crictl info | jq -r '.runtimeHandlers[].name | select(. != null)'
     Should Be Equal As Strings    ${runtime}    crun
 
+Http Proxy Not Defined In Bootc Image
+    [Documentation]    Verify that the http proxy environment variables are not defined
+    ...    in the bootc image used to install the system.
+
+    # Only run the check if the system is a bootc image
+    ${is_bootc}=    Is System Bootc
+    IF    ${is_bootc}    Check HTTP Proxy Env In Bootc Image
+
 
 *** Keywords ***
 Setup
@@ -323,3 +331,18 @@ Is Cipher Available
     ${stdout}    ${stderr}    ${rc}=    Execute Command    openssl ciphers ${cipher}
     ...    sudo=True    return_stdout=True    return_stderr=True    return_rc=True
     IF    "${rc}" == "0"    RETURN    ${TRUE}    ELSE    RETURN    ${FALSE}
+
+Check HTTP Proxy Env In Bootc Image
+    [Documentation]    Check that the HTTP proxy environment variables are not defined
+    ...    in the bootc image used to install the system.
+    # Obtain the current bootc image reference
+    ${bootc_image}=    Command Should Work    bootc status --json | jq -r .spec.image.image
+    # Inspect the bootc image environment variables
+    ${env_vars}=    Command Should Work
+    ...    skopeo inspect --authfile /etc/crio/openshift-pull-secret --config docker://${bootc_image} | jq -r '.config.Env'
+
+    # Verify that the environment variables are not defined
+    ${env_var_lc}=    Convert To Lower Case    ${env_vars}
+    Should Not Contain    ${env_var_lc}    http_proxy\=
+    Should Not Contain    ${env_var_lc}    https_proxy\=
+    Should Not Contain    ${env_var_lc}    no_proxy\=