diff --git a/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/artifacts/apk-confs/employees_scope_test_conf.yaml b/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/artifacts/apk-confs/employees_scope_test_conf.yaml
index aca40c889..8a6cecdd3 100644
--- a/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/artifacts/apk-confs/employees_scope_test_conf.yaml
+++ b/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/artifacts/apk-confs/employees_scope_test_conf.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ operations:
   - target: "/employeewithoutscope"
     verb: "GET"
     scopes: []
-  - target: "/employeewithscope"
+  - target: "/employeewithscope1"
     verb: "GET"
     scopes:
-      - "wso2"
+      - "scope1"
+  - target: "/employeewithscope2"
+    verb: "GET"
+    scopes:
+      - "scope2"
+  - target: "/employeewithscopes"
+    verb: "GET"
+    scopes: ["scope1", "scope2"]
diff --git a/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/tests/api/BasicDeploymentAndApiInvocation.feature b/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/tests/api/BasicDeploymentAndApiInvocation.feature
index 466a55ae3..8fb5f7f62 100644
--- a/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/tests/api/BasicDeploymentAndApiInvocation.feature
+++ b/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/resources/tests/api/BasicDeploymentAndApiInvocation.feature
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ Feature: API Deployment and invocation
     And make the API deployment request
     Then the response status code should be 200
     Then I set headers
-      |Authorization|bearer ${accessToken}|
+      | Authorization | bearer ${accessToken} |
     And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test/3.14/employee/" with body ""
     And I eventually receive 200 response code, not accepting
-      |429|
+      | 429 |
     And I send "POST" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test/3.14/employee/" with body ""
     And the response status code should be 200
     And I send "POST" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test/3.14/test/" with body ""
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Feature: API Deployment and invocation
     And I send "DELETE" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test/3.14/employee/12" with body ""
     And the response status code should be 200
     Then I set headers
-      |Authorization|bearer invalidToken|
+      | Authorization | bearer invalidToken |
     And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test/3.14/employee/" with body ""
     And the response status code should be 401
     And I send "POST" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test/3.14/employee/" with body ""
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ Feature: API Deployment and invocation
     And make the API deployment request
     Then the response status code should be 200
     Then I set headers
-      |Authorization|bearer ${accessToken}|
+      | Authorization | bearer ${accessToken} |
     And I wait for next minute
     And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-version/1.0/employee/" with body ""
     And I eventually receive 200 response code, not accepting
-      |429|
+      | 429 |
     And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-version/2.0/employee/" with body ""
     And I eventually receive 200 response code, not accepting
-      |429|
+      | 429 |
 
   Scenario: Deploying an API with default version
     Given The system is ready
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ Feature: API Deployment and invocation
     And make the API deployment request
     Then the response status code should be 200
     Then I set headers
-      |Authorization|bearer ${accessToken}|
+      | Authorization | bearer ${accessToken} |
     And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-default/3.14/employee/" with body ""
     And I eventually receive 200 response code, not accepting
-      |429|
+      | 429 |
     And I send "POST" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-default/3.14/employee/" with body ""
     And the response status code should be 200
     And I send "POST" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-default/3.14/test/" with body ""
@@ -71,10 +71,9 @@ Feature: API Deployment and invocation
     And the response status code should be 200
     And I send "DELETE" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-default/3.14/employee/12" with body ""
     And the response status code should be 200
-
     And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-default/employee/" with body ""
     And I eventually receive 200 response code, not accepting
-      |429|
+      | 429 |
     And I send "POST" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-default/employee/" with body ""
     And the response status code should be 200
     And I send "POST" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-default/test/" with body ""
@@ -92,22 +91,37 @@ Feature: API Deployment and invocation
     And make the API deployment request
     Then the response status code should be 200
     Then I set headers
-      |Authorization|bearer ${accessToken}|
+      | Authorization | bearer ${accessToken} |
     And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-scope/1.0.0/employeewithoutscope/" with body ""
     And I eventually receive 200 response code, not accepting
-      |429|
-    And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-scope/1.0.0/employeewithscope/" with body ""
+      | 429 |
+    And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-scope/1.0.0/employeewithscope1/" with body ""
     And the response status code should be 403
     Given I have a valid subscription with scopes
-      |wso2|
+      | scope1 |
     Then I set headers
-      |Authorization|bearer ${accessToken}|
+      | Authorization | bearer ${accessToken} |
     And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-scope/1.0.0/employeewithoutscope/" with body ""
     And I eventually receive 200 response code, not accepting
-      |429|
-    And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-scope/1.0.0/employeewithscope/" with body ""
+      | 429 |
+    And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-scope/1.0.0/employeewithscope1/" with body ""
     And I eventually receive 200 response code, not accepting
-      |429|
+      | 429 |
+    And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-scope/1.0.0/employeewithscope2/" with body ""
+    And I eventually receive 403 response code, not accepting
+      | 200 |
+    And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-scope/1.0.0/employeewithscopes/" with body ""
+    And I eventually receive 403 response code, not accepting
+      | 429 |
+    Given I have a valid subscription with scopes
+      | scope1 |
+      | scope2 |
+    Then I set headers
+      | Authorization | bearer ${accessToken} |
+    And I send "GET" request to "https://default.gw.wso2.com:9095/test-scope/1.0.0/employeewithscopes/" with body ""
+    And I eventually receive 200 response code, not accepting
+      | 429 |
+
 
   Scenario Outline: Undeploy API
     Given The system is ready
@@ -116,9 +130,9 @@ Feature: API Deployment and invocation
     Then the response status code should be <expectedStatusCode>
 
     Examples:
-      | apiID                    | expectedStatusCode |
-      | f7996dce4ac15e2af0f8ee14546c4f72988eddae             | 202                |
-      | default-version-api-test | 202                |
-      | emp-api-test-scope       | 202                |
-      | version-api-test         | 202                |
-      | version-api-test2        | 202                |
+      | apiID                                    | expectedStatusCode |
+      | f7996dce4ac15e2af0f8ee14546c4f72988eddae | 202                |
+      | default-version-api-test                 | 202                |
+      | emp-api-test-scope                       | 202                |
+      | version-api-test                         | 202                |
+      | version-api-test2                        | 202                |