diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index d72454c28a..57d943f354 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 strict = true
 exclude = ["venv", ".venv", "alembic"]
 
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+markers = ["enable_password_hashing: mark tests to not patch password hashing."]
+
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py310"
 exclude = ["alembic"]
diff --git a/backend/tests/api/routes/test_login_with_hashing.py b/backend/tests/api/routes/test_login_with_hashing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4610c06be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/api/routes/test_login_with_hashing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import pytest
+from starlette.testclient import TestClient
+
+from app.core.config import settings
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.enable_password_hashing
+
+
+def test_get_access_token_with_hashing(
+    client: TestClient,
+    disable_password_hashing: bool,
+) -> None:
+    assert disable_password_hashing is False
+    login_data = {
+        "username": settings.FIRST_SUPERUSER,
+        "password": settings.FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD,
+    }
+    r = client.post(f"{settings.API_V1_STR}/login/access-token", data=login_data)
+    tokens = r.json()
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert "access_token" in tokens
+    assert tokens["access_token"]
diff --git a/backend/tests/conftest.py b/backend/tests/conftest.py
index 8ddab7b321..d499c5494e 100644
--- a/backend/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Generator
 
 import pytest
+from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureRequest
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from sqlmodel import Session, delete
 
@@ -9,18 +10,35 @@
 from app.main import app
 from app.models import Item, User
 from tests.utils.user import authentication_token_from_email
-from tests.utils.utils import get_superuser_token_headers
+from tests.utils.utils import get_superuser_token_headers, patch_password_hashing
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
-def db() -> Generator[Session, None, None]:
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def disable_password_hashing(request: FixtureRequest) -> Generator[bool, None, None]:
+    """
+    Disable password hashing if no `enable_password_hashing` marker set for module.
+    """
+
+    module = request.node.getparent(pytest.Module)
+    if not module.get_closest_marker("enable_password_hashing"):
+        with patch_password_hashing("app.core.security"):
+            yield True
+    else:
+        yield False  # Don't patch if `enable_password_hashing` marker is set
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
+def db(disable_password_hashing: bool) -> Generator[Session, None, None]:  # noqa: ARG001
     with Session(engine) as session:
+        session.execute(  # Recreate user for every module, with\without pwd hashing
+            delete(User)
+        )
         init_db(session)
+        session.commit()
         yield session
-        statement = delete(Item)
-        session.execute(statement)
-        statement = delete(User)
-        session.execute(statement)
+        # Cleanup test database
+        session.execute(delete(Item))
+        session.execute(delete(User))
         session.commit()
 
 
diff --git a/backend/tests/utils/utils.py b/backend/tests/utils/utils.py
index 184bac44d9..c1ba93fd13 100644
--- a/backend/tests/utils/utils.py
+++ b/backend/tests/utils/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import random
 import string
+from collections.abc import Generator
+from contextlib import ExitStack, contextmanager
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
@@ -24,3 +27,19 @@ def get_superuser_token_headers(client: TestClient) -> dict[str, str]:
     a_token = tokens["access_token"]
     headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {a_token}"}
     return headers
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def patch_password_hashing(*modules: str) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+    """
+    Contextmanager to patch ``pwd_context`` in the given modules.
+    :param modules: list of modules to patch.
+    :return:
+    """
+    with ExitStack() as stack:
+        for module in modules:
+            stack.enter_context(
+                patch(f"{module}.pwd_context.verify", lambda x, y: x == y)
+            )
+            stack.enter_context(patch(f"{module}.pwd_context.hash", lambda x: x))
+        yield