diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/00-setup b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/00-setup
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d6cdd65b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/00-setup
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Function to generate a new EC key and self-signed certificate
+generate_cert() {
+    local key_path=$1
+    local crt_path=$2
+
+    openssl ecparam -name secp384r1 -genkey -noout -out "${key_path}"
+    openssl req -new -x509 -key "${key_path}" -out "${crt_path}" -days 1825 -subj "/C=US/ST=/L=/O=SPIFFE/OU=/CN=/" -config <(
+cat <<-EOF
+[req]
+default_bits = 2048
+default_md = sha512
+distinguished_name = dn
+[ dn ]
+[alt_names]
+URI.1 = spiffe://local
+[v3_req]
+subjectKeyIdentifier=hash
+basicConstraints=critical,CA:TRUE
+keyUsage=critical,keyCertSign,cRLSign
+subjectAltName = @alt_names
+EOF
+    ) -extensions 'v3_req'
+}
+
+"${ROOTDIR}/setup/x509pop/setup.sh" conf/server conf/agent
+
+# Generate dummy upstream CA
+generate_cert "conf/server/dummy_upstream_ca.key" "conf/server/dummy_upstream_ca.crt"
+
+# Generate new upstream CA
+generate_cert "conf/server/new_upstream_ca.key" "conf/server/new_upstream_ca.crt"
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/01-start-server b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/01-start-server
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a3e999b264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/01-start-server
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker-up spire-server
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/02-bootstrap-agent b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/02-bootstrap-agent
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8ee7d32c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/02-bootstrap-agent
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+log-debug "bootstrapping agent..."
+docker compose exec -T spire-server \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server bundle show > conf/agent/bootstrap.crt
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/03-start-agent b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/03-start-agent
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ac36d05f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/03-start-agent
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker-up spire-agent
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/04-create-workload-entry b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/04-create-workload-entry
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f0d56b7e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/04-create-workload-entry
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+log-debug "creating registration entry..."
+docker compose exec -T spire-server \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server entry create \
+    -parentID "spiffe://domain.test/spire/agent/x509pop/$(fingerprint conf/agent/agent.crt.pem)" \
+    -spiffeID "spiffe://domain.test/workload" \
+    -selector "unix:uid:0" \
+    -x509SVIDTTL 0
+
+# Check at most 30 times (with one second in between) that the agent has
+# successfully synced down the workload entry.
+MAXCHECKS=30
+CHECKINTERVAL=1
+for ((i=1;i<=MAXCHECKS;i++)); do
+    log-info "checking for synced workload entry ($i of $MAXCHECKS max)..."
+    docker compose logs spire-agent
+    if docker compose logs spire-agent | grep "spiffe://domain.test/workload"; then
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    sleep "${CHECKINTERVAL}"
+done
+
+fail-now "timed out waiting for agent to sync down entry"
+
+log-info "checking X509-SVID"
+docker compose exec -T spire-agent \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-agent api fetch x509 || fail-now "SVID check failed"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/05-update-upstream-authority b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/05-update-upstream-authority
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fa5021e0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/05-update-upstream-authority
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Update upstream authority
+cp conf/server/new_upstream_ca.crt conf/server/dummy_upstream_ca.crt
+cp conf/server/new_upstream_ca.key conf/server/dummy_upstream_ca.key
+
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/06-prepare-x509-authority b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/06-prepare-x509-authority
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b5f1bbf8cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/06-prepare-x509-authority
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Constants
+MAXCHECKS=30
+RETRY_DELAY=1
+
+# Initial check for x509 authorities in spire-server
+x509_authorities=$(docker compose exec -T spire-server \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server bundle show -output json | jq '.x509_authorities' -c)
+
+amount_bundles=$(echo "$x509_authorities" | jq length)
+
+# Ensure only one bundle is present at the start
+if [[ $amount_bundles -ne 1 ]]; then
+    fail-now "Only one bundle expected at start"
+fi
+
+# Prepare authority
+prepared_authority_id=$(docker compose exec -T -e SPIRE_SERVER_FFLAGS=forced_rotation spire-server \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server localauthority x509 prepare -output json | jq -r .prepared_authority.authority_id)
+
+# Verify that the prepared authority is logged
+searching="X509 CA prepared.|local_authority_id=${prepared_authority_id}"
+check-log-line spire-server "$searching"
+
+# Check for updated x509 authorities in spire-server
+x509_authorities=$(docker compose exec -T spire-server \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server bundle show -output json | jq '.x509_authorities' -c)
+amount_bundles=$(echo "$x509_authorities" | jq length)
+
+# Ensure two bundles are present after preparation
+if [[ $amount_bundles -ne 2 ]]; then
+    fail-now "Two bundles expected after prepare"
+fi
+
+new_dummy_ca_skid=$(openssl x509  -in conf/server/new_upstream_ca.crt -text | grep \
+    -A 1 'Subject Key Identifier' | tail -n 1 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d ':' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+
+upstream_authority_id=$(docker compose exec -T -e SPIRE_SERVER_FFLAGS=forced_rotation spire-server \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server \
+    localauthority x509 show -output json | jq .prepared.upstream_authority_subject_key_id -r)
+
+if [ "$new_dummy_ca_skid" == "$upstream_authority_id" ]; then
+    log-debug "Prepared X.509 authority is using new upstream authorityh"
+else
+    fail-now "Subject Key Identifier does not match. Found: $upstream_authority_id Expected: $new_dummy_ca_skid"
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/07-activate-x509-authority b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/07-activate-x509-authority
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1b103c2cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/07-activate-x509-authority
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Fetch the prepared authority ID
+prepared_authority=$(docker compose exec -t -e SPIRE_SERVER_FFLAGS=forced_rotation spire-server \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server \
+    localauthority x509 show -output json | jq -r .prepared.authority_id) || fail-now "Failed to fetch prepared authority ID"
+upstream_authority=$(docker compose exec -t -e SPIRE_SERVER_FFLAGS=forced_rotation spire-server \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server \
+    localauthority x509 show -output json | jq -r .prepared.upstream_authority_subject_key_id) || fail-now "Failed to fetch prepared authority ID"
+
+# Activate the authority
+activated_authority=$(docker compose exec -t -e SPIRE_SERVER_FFLAGS=forced_rotation spire-server \
+    /opt/spire/bin/spire-server \
+    localauthority x509 activate -authorityID "${prepared_authority}" \
+    -output json | jq -r .activated_authority.authority_id) || fail-now "Failed to activate authority"
+
+log-info "Activated authority: ${activated_authority}"
+
+# Check logs for specific lines
+check-log-line spire-server "X509 CA activated|local_authority_id=${prepared_authority}|upstream_authority_id=${upstream_authority}"
+check-log-line spire-server "Successfully rotated X\.509 CA"
+
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/README.md b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3533581ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Force rotation using upstream authority Suite
+
+## Description
+
+This suite sets a very low TTLs and ensures that workload SVIDs are valid
+across many SVID and SPIRE server CA rotation periods.
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/conf/agent/agent.conf b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/conf/agent/agent.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f79c4e9b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/conf/agent/agent.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+agent {
+    data_dir = "/opt/spire/data/agent"
+    log_level = "DEBUG"
+    server_address = "spire-server"
+    server_port = "8081"
+    trust_bundle_path = "/opt/spire/conf/agent/bootstrap.crt"
+    trust_domain = "domain.test"
+}
+
+plugins {
+    NodeAttestor "x509pop" {
+        plugin_data {
+            private_key_path = "/opt/spire/conf/agent/agent.key.pem"
+            certificate_path = "/opt/spire/conf/agent/agent.crt.pem"
+        }
+    }
+    KeyManager "disk" {
+        plugin_data {
+            directory = "/opt/spire/data/agent"
+        }
+    }
+    WorkloadAttestor "unix" {
+        plugin_data {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/conf/server/server.conf b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/conf/server/server.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74b4f1cc38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/conf/server/server.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+server {
+    bind_address = "0.0.0.0"
+    bind_port = "8081"
+    trust_domain = "domain.test"
+    data_dir = "/opt/spire/data/server"
+    log_level = "DEBUG"
+    ca_ttl = "24h"
+    default_x509_svid_ttl = "8h"
+    experimental {
+        feature_flags = ["forced_rotation"]	
+    }
+}
+
+plugins {
+    DataStore "sql" {
+        plugin_data {
+            database_type = "sqlite3"
+            connection_string = "/opt/spire/data/server/datastore.sqlite3"
+        }
+    }
+    NodeAttestor "x509pop" {
+        plugin_data {
+            ca_bundle_path = "/opt/spire/conf/server/agent-cacert.pem"
+        }
+    }
+    KeyManager "memory" {
+        plugin_data = {}
+    }
+    UpstreamAuthority "disk" {
+        plugin_data {
+            key_file_path = "./conf/server/dummy_upstream_ca.key"
+            cert_file_path = "./conf/server/dummy_upstream_ca.crt"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/docker-compose.yaml b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..288be5fd27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+services:
+  spire-server:
+    image: spire-server:latest-local
+    hostname: spire-server
+    volumes:
+      - ./conf/server:/opt/spire/conf/server
+    command: ["-config", "/opt/spire/conf/server/server.conf"]
+  spire-agent:
+    image: spire-agent:latest-local
+    hostname: spire-agent
+    depends_on: ["spire-server"]
+    volumes:
+      - ./conf/agent:/opt/spire/conf/agent
+    command: ["-config", "/opt/spire/conf/agent/agent.conf"]
diff --git a/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/teardown b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/teardown
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fabbf145ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/suites/force-rotation-upstream-authority/teardown
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$SUCCESS" ]; then
+    docker compose logs
+fi
+docker-down