diff --git a/docs/source/developers.md b/docs/source/developers.md
index 87ad7be48..4b085ef70 100644
--- a/docs/source/developers.md
+++ b/docs/source/developers.md
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Make sure the following conditions are met:
 
 8. How to deploy Workloads
     Once the Target is Operational, Workloads can be deployed on the Target Cluster.
-    A small demo workload can be deployed using ./tools/deployment/35_deploy_workload.sh.This demo includes ingress as a workload.
+    A small demo workload can be deployed using ./tools/deployment/36_deploy_workload.sh.This demo includes ingress as a workload.
     To verify execute kubectl command as below:
     ```Markdown
     $ kubectl --kubeconfig /home/user/.airship/kubeconfig --context target-cluster get pods -n ingress
diff --git a/playbooks/airshipctl-gate-runner.yaml b/playbooks/airshipctl-gate-runner.yaml
index 915de923c..c191b6500 100644
--- a/playbooks/airshipctl-gate-runner.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/airshipctl-gate-runner.yaml
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
           - ./tools/deployment/31_deploy_initinfra_target_node.sh
           - ./tools/deployment/32_cluster_init_target_node.sh
           - ./tools/deployment/33_cluster_move_target_node.sh
-          - ./tools/deployment/34_deploy_worker_node.sh
-          - ./tools/deployment/35_deploy_workload.sh
-          - ./tools/deployment/36_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh
+          - ./tools/deployment/35_deploy_worker_node.sh
+          - ./tools/deployment/36_deploy_workload.sh
+          - ./tools/deployment/37_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh
 
     - name: "Run gate scripts"
       include_role:
diff --git a/tools/airship-in-a-pod/runner/assets/entrypoint.sh b/tools/airship-in-a-pod/runner/assets/entrypoint.sh
index e6aa231c5..c6483fe69 100755
--- a/tools/airship-in-a-pod/runner/assets/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/tools/airship-in-a-pod/runner/assets/entrypoint.sh
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ fi
 ./tools/deployment/31_deploy_initinfra_target_node.sh
 ./tools/deployment/32_cluster_init_target_node.sh
 ./tools/deployment/33_cluster_move_target_node.sh
-./tools/deployment/34_deploy_worker_node.sh
-./tools/deployment/35_deploy_workload.sh
-./tools/deployment/36_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh
+./tools/deployment/35_deploy_worker_node.sh
+./tools/deployment/36_deploy_workload.sh
+./tools/deployment/37_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh
 
 /signal_complete runner
diff --git a/tools/deployment/34_deploy_controlplane_target.sh b/tools/deployment/34_deploy_controlplane_target.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..872777575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/deployment/34_deploy_controlplane_target.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -ex
+
+export KUBECONFIG=${KUBECONFIG:-"$HOME/.airship/kubeconfig"}
+export KUBECONFIG_TARGET_CONTEXT=${KUBECONFIG_TARGET_CONTEXT:-"target-cluster"}
+
+echo "Create target k8s cluster resources"
+airshipctl phase run controlplane-target --debug
+
+echo "List all nodes in target cluster"
+kubectl \
+  --kubeconfig $KUBECONFIG \
+  --context $KUBECONFIG_TARGET_CONTEXT \
+  --request-timeout 10s \
+  get node
+
+
+echo "List all pods in target cluster"
+kubectl \
+  --kubeconfig  $KUBECONFIG \
+  --context $KUBECONFIG_TARGET_CONTEXT \
+  --request-timeout 10s \
+  get pods \
+  --all-namespaces
diff --git a/tools/deployment/34_deploy_worker_node.sh b/tools/deployment/35_deploy_worker_node.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/deployment/34_deploy_worker_node.sh
rename to tools/deployment/35_deploy_worker_node.sh
diff --git a/tools/deployment/35_deploy_workload.sh b/tools/deployment/36_deploy_workload.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/deployment/35_deploy_workload.sh
rename to tools/deployment/36_deploy_workload.sh
diff --git a/tools/deployment/36_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh b/tools/deployment/37_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/deployment/36_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh
rename to tools/deployment/37_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 9c06ac081..422f2f575 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@
         - ./tools/deployment/31_deploy_initinfra_target_node.sh
         - ./tools/deployment/32_cluster_init_target_node.sh
         - ./tools/deployment/33_cluster_move_target_node.sh
-        - ./tools/deployment/34_deploy_worker_node.sh
-        - ./tools/deployment/35_deploy_workload.sh
-        - ./tools/deployment/36_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh
+        - ./tools/deployment/35_deploy_worker_node.sh
+        - ./tools/deployment/36_deploy_workload.sh
+        - ./tools/deployment/37_verify_hwcc_profiles.sh
       serve_dir: /srv/images
       serve_port: 8099
       log_roles:
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
         - ./tools/deployment/provider_common/30_deploy_controlplane.sh
         - ./tools/deployment/provider_common/32_cluster_init_target_node.sh
         - ./tools/deployment/provider_common/33_cluster_move_target_node.sh
-        - ./tools/deployment/provider_common/34_deploy_worker_node.sh
+        - ./tools/deployment/provider_common/35_deploy_worker_node.sh
     voting: false
 - job:
     name: airship-airshipctl-docker-kubebench-conformance