diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9312b54ba..40176e2ec 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         "@vitest/eslint-plugin": "^1.3.4",
         "bson": "^6.10.4",
         "express": "^5.1.0",
+        "kerberos": "*",
         "lru-cache": "^11.1.0",
         "mongodb": "^6.17.0",
         "mongodb-connection-string-url": "^3.0.2",
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": "^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >= 23.0.0"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "kerberos": "^2.2.2"
       }
     },
     "@himanshusinghs/ai-sdk-google": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index db6afc394..c5927d242 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -119,5 +119,8 @@
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >= 23.0.0"
+  },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "kerberos": "^2.2.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/common/connectionManager.oidc.test.ts b/tests/integration/common/connectionManager.oidc.test.ts
index 78ff84782..a14a5ab4b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/common/connectionManager.oidc.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/common/connectionManager.oidc.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { TestContext } from "vitest";
-import { describe, beforeEach, afterAll, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { describe, beforeEach, afterAll, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
 import semver from "semver";
 import process from "process";
 import type { MongoDBIntegrationTestCase } from "../tools/mongodb/mongodbHelpers.js";
@@ -168,11 +168,22 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform !== "linux")("ConnectionManager OIDC Tests", as
                     };
                 };
 
-                const status: ConnectionStatus = (await state.serviceProvider.runCommand("admin", {
-                    connectionStatus: 1,
-                })) as unknown as ConnectionStatus;
+                const status: ConnectionStatus = await vi.waitFor(async () => {
+                    const result: ConnectionStatus = (await state.serviceProvider.runCommand("admin", {
+                        connectionStatus: 1,
+                    })) as unknown as ConnectionStatus;
 
-                expect(status.authInfo.authenticatedUsers[0]).toEqual({ user: "dev/testuser", db: "$external" });
+                    if (!result) {
+                        throw new Error("Status can not be undefined. Retrying.");
+                    }
+
+                    return result;
+                });
+
+                expect(status.authInfo.authenticatedUsers[0]).toEqual({
+                    user: "dev/testuser",
+                    db: "$external",
+                });
                 expect(status.authInfo.authenticatedUserRoles[0]).toEqual({
                     role: "dev/mocktaTestServer-group",
                     db: "admin",