diff --git a/pytest_tests/testsuites/services/s3_gate/test_s3_policy.py b/pytest_tests/testsuites/services/s3_gate/test_s3_policy.py
index a0d4c1a7..7a46b0a9 100644
--- a/pytest_tests/testsuites/services/s3_gate/test_s3_policy.py
+++ b/pytest_tests/testsuites/services/s3_gate/test_s3_policy.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import json
 import os
 
 import allure
 import pytest
+from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 from frostfs_testlib import reporter
 from frostfs_testlib.s3 import S3ClientWrapper, VersioningStatus
 from frostfs_testlib.steps.cli.container import search_container_by_name
@@ -87,23 +89,24 @@ class TestS3GatePolicy(ClusterTestBase):
 
     @allure.title("Bucket policy (s3_client={s3_client})")
     def test_s3_bucket_policy(self, s3_client: S3ClientWrapper):
-        with reporter.step("Create bucket with default policy"):
+        with reporter.step("Create bucket"):
             bucket = s3_client.create_bucket()
             s3_helper.set_bucket_versioning(s3_client, bucket, VersioningStatus.ENABLED)
 
         with reporter.step("GetBucketPolicy"):
-            s3_client.get_bucket_policy(bucket)
+            with pytest.raises((RuntimeError, ClientError)):
+                s3_client.get_bucket_policy(bucket)
 
         with reporter.step("Put new policy"):
             custom_policy = f"file://{os.getcwd()}/pytest_tests/resources/files/bucket_policy.json"
             custom_policy = {
-                "Version": "2008-10-17",
+                "Version": "2012-10-17",
                 "Id": "aaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd",
                 "Statement": [
                     {
                         "Sid": "AddPerm",
                         "Effect": "Allow",
-                        "Principal": {"AWS": "*"},
+                        "Principal": "*",
                         "Action": ["s3:GetObject"],
                         "Resource": [f"arn:aws:s3:::{bucket}/*"],
                     }
@@ -112,8 +115,16 @@ class TestS3GatePolicy(ClusterTestBase):
 
             s3_client.put_bucket_policy(bucket, custom_policy)
         with reporter.step("GetBucketPolicy"):
-            policy_1 = s3_client.get_bucket_policy(bucket)
-            print(policy_1)
+            returned_policy = json.loads(s3_client.get_bucket_policy(bucket))
+
+            assert returned_policy == custom_policy, "Wrong policy was received"
+
+        with reporter.step("Delete the policy"):
+            s3_client.delete_bucket_policy(bucket)
+
+        with reporter.step("GetBucketPolicy"):
+            with pytest.raises((RuntimeError, ClientError)):
+                s3_client.get_bucket_policy(bucket)
 
     @allure.title("Bucket CORS (s3_client={s3_client})")
     def test_s3_cors(self, s3_client: S3ClientWrapper):