diff --git a/tests/.env b/tests/.env
index 55ca850c412..67842c99c54 100644
--- a/tests/.env
+++ b/tests/.env
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ OPENSTACK_AUTH_URL=
 OPENSTACK_PASSWORD=
 OPENSTACK_PROJECT_ID=
 OPENSTACK_USER_ID=
+NEWRELIC_REGION=
+NEWRELIC_ACCOUNT_ID=
+NEWRELIC_LICENSE=
+NEWRELIC_API_KEY=
diff --git a/tests/scalers/new-relic.test.ts b/tests/scalers/new-relic.test.ts
index 9008a34352a..eef0d61a7d4 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/new-relic.test.ts
+++ b/tests/scalers/new-relic.test.ts
@@ -183,103 +183,5 @@ spec:
   activeDeadlineSeconds: 600
   backoffLimit: 2`
 
-const deployYaml = `apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: test-app
-  name: test-app
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: test-app
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: test-app
-        type: keda-testing
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: prom-test-app
-        image: tbickford/simple-web-app-prometheus:a13ade9
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: keda-test-app
-  name: keda-test-app
-spec:
-  replicas: 0
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: keda-test-app
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: keda-test-app
-        type: keda-testing
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: prom-test-app
-        image: tbickford/simple-web-app-prometheus:a13ade9
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: test-app
-  annotations:
-    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
-  name: test-app
-spec:
-  ports:
-  - name: http
-    port: 80
-    protocol: TCP
-    targetPort: 8080
-  selector:
-    type: keda-testing
----
-apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
-kind: TriggerAuthentication
-metadata:
-  name: newrelic-trigger
-spec:
-  secretTargetRef:
-  - parameter: queryKey
-    name: newrelic-secret
-    key: newRelicApiKey
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: newrelic-secret
-type: Opaque
-data:
-  newRelicApiKey: {{NEWRELIC_API_KEY}}
----
-apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
-kind: ScaledObject
-metadata:
-  name: new-relic-scaledobject
-spec:
-  scaleTargetRef:
-    name: keda-test-app
-  minReplicaCount: 0
-  maxReplicaCount: 3
-  pollingInterval: 5
-  cooldownPeriod:  10
-  triggers:
-  - type: new-relic
-    metadata:
-      account: '{{NEWRELIC_ACCOUNT_ID}}'
-      region: '{{NEWRELIC_REGION}}'
-      threshold: '10'
-      nrql: SELECT average(\`http_requests_total\`) FROM Metric where serviceName='test-app' and namespaceName='new-relic-test' since 60 seconds ago
-    authenticationRef:
-        name: newrelic-trigger
+const deployYaml = `
 `
diff --git a/tests/scalers_go/new_relic/new_relic_test.go b/tests/scalers_go/new_relic/new_relic_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18c7d1479f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scalers_go/new_relic/new_relic_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+//go:build e2e
+// +build e2e
+
+package new_relic_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+
+	. "github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/tests/helper"
+)
+
+// Load environment variables from .env file
+var _ = godotenv.Load("../../.env")
+var now = time.Now()
+
+const (
+	testName = "new-relic-test"
+)
+
+var (
+	testNamespace           = fmt.Sprintf("%s-ns", testName)
+	deploymentName          = fmt.Sprintf("%s-deployment", testName)
+	serviceName             = fmt.Sprintf("%s-service-%v", testName, now.Unix())
+	monitoredDeploymentName = fmt.Sprintf("%s-monitored-deployment", testName)
+	scaledObjectName        = fmt.Sprintf("%s-so", testName)
+	secretName              = fmt.Sprintf("%s-secret", testName)
+	triggerAuthName         = fmt.Sprintf("%s-ta", testName)
+	newRelicApiKey          = os.Getenv("NEWRELIC_API_KEY")
+	newRelicLicenseKey      = os.Getenv("NEWRELIC_LICENSE")
+	newRelicRegion          = os.Getenv("NEWRELIC_REGION")
+	newRelicAccountId       = os.Getenv("NEWRELIC_ACCOUNT_ID")
+	kuberneteClusterName    = "keda-new-relic-cluster"
+	newRelicHelmRepoUrl     = "https://helm-charts.newrelic.com"
+	deploymentReplicas      = 1
+	minReplicaCount         = 1
+	maxReplicaCount         = 3
+)
+
+type templateData struct {
+	TestNamespace        string
+	DeploymentName       string
+	ServiceName          string
+	ScaledObjectName     string
+	TriggerAuthName      string
+	SecretName           string
+	NewRelicApiKey       string
+	DeploymentReplicas   string
+	NewRelicRegion       string
+	NewRelicAccountID    string
+	KuberneteClusterName string
+	MinReplicaCount      string
+	MaxReplicaCount      string
+}
+type templateValues map[string]string
+
+const (
+	secretTemplate = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{.SecretName}}
+  namespace: {{.TestNamespace}}
+data:
+  newRelicApiKey: {{.NewRelicApiKey}}
+`
+
+	triggerAuthenticationTemplate = `apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
+kind: TriggerAuthentication
+metadata:
+  name: {{.TriggerAuthName}}
+  namespace: {{.TestNamespace}}
+spec:
+  secretTargetRef:
+  - parameter: queryKey           # Required.
+    name: {{.SecretName}}         # Required.
+    key: newRelicApiKey           # Required.
+`
+
+	deploymentTemplate = `apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{.DeploymentName}}
+  namespace: {{.TestNamespace}}
+  labels:
+    app: {{.DeploymentName}}
+spec:
+  replicas: {{.DeploymentReplicas}}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{.DeploymentName}}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{.DeploymentName}}
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: prom-test-app
+        image: tbickford/simple-web-app-prometheus:a13ade9
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+`
+
+	serviceTemplate = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    name: {{.ServiceName}}
+    namespace: {{.TestNamespace}}
+  annotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+  name: {{.ServiceName}}
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    protocol: TCP
+    targetPort: 8080
+  selector:
+    app: {{.DeploymentName}}
+  `
+
+	scaledObjectTemplate = `apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
+kind: ScaledObject
+metadata:
+  name: {{.ScaledObjectName}}
+  namespace: {{.TestNamespace}}
+  labels:
+    app: {{.DeploymentName}}
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    name: {{.DeploymentName}}
+  minReplicaCount: {{.MinReplicaCount}}
+  maxReplicaCount: {{.MaxReplicaCount}}
+  pollingInterval: 1
+  cooldownPeriod:  1
+  advanced:
+    horizontalPodAutoscalerConfig:
+      behavior:
+        scaleDown:
+          stabilizationWindowSeconds: 10
+  triggers:
+    - type: new-relic
+      metadata:
+        account: "{{.NewRelicAccountID}}"
+        region: {{.NewRelicRegion}}
+        threshold: "2"
+        nrql: SELECT rate(sum(http_requests_total), 1 SECONDS) FROM Metric where serviceName='{{.ServiceName}}' and namespaceName='{{.TestNamespace}}' since 120 seconds ago
+      authenticationRef:
+        name: {{.TriggerAuthName}}
+`
+
+	lightLoadTemplate = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: fake-light-traffic
+  namespace: {{.TestNamespace}}
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - image: busybox
+    name: test
+    command: ["/bin/sh"]
+    args: ["-c", "while true; do wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null http://{{.ServiceName}}/; sleep 0.5; done"]`
+
+	heavyLoadTemplate = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: fake-heavy-traffic
+  namespace: {{.TestNamespace}}
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - image: busybox
+    name: test
+    command: ["/bin/sh"]
+    args: ["-c", "while true; do wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null http://{{.ServiceName}}/; sleep 0.1; done"]`
+)
+
+func TestNewRelicScaler(t *testing.T) {
+	// setup
+	t.Log("--- setting up ---")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, newRelicApiKey, "NEWRELIC_API_KEY env variable is required for new relic tests")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, newRelicLicenseKey, "NEWRELIC_LICENSE env variable is required for new relic tests")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, newRelicAccountId, "NEWRELIC_ACCOUNT_ID env variable is required for new relic tests")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, newRelicRegion, "NEWRELIC_REGION env variable is required for new relic tests")
+
+	// Create kubernetes resources
+	kc := GetKubernetesClient(t)
+	data, templates := getTemplateData()
+	CreateKubernetesResources(t, kc, testNamespace, data, templates)
+
+	installNewRelic(t)
+
+	assert.True(t, WaitForDeploymentReplicaReadyCount(t, kc, deploymentName, testNamespace, minReplicaCount, 60, 1),
+		"replica count should be %s after a minute", minReplicaCount)
+
+	// test scaling
+	testActivation(t, kc, data)
+	testScaleUp(t, kc, data)
+	testScaleDown(t, kc, data)
+
+	// cleanup
+	DeleteKubernetesResources(t, kc, testNamespace, data, templates)
+}
+
+func testActivation(t *testing.T, kc *kubernetes.Clientset, data templateData) {
+	t.Log("--- testing activation ---")
+	KubectlApplyWithTemplate(t, data, "lightLoadTemplate", lightLoadTemplate)
+
+	AssertReplicaCountNotChangeDuringTimePeriod(t, kc, deploymentName, testNamespace, minReplicaCount, 60)
+}
+
+func testScaleUp(t *testing.T, kc *kubernetes.Clientset, data templateData) {
+	t.Log("--- testing scale up ---")
+	KubectlApplyWithTemplate(t, data, "heavyLoadTemplate", heavyLoadTemplate)
+
+	assert.True(t, WaitForDeploymentReplicaReadyCount(t, kc, deploymentName, testNamespace, maxReplicaCount, 60, 3),
+		"replica count should be %d after 3 minutes", maxReplicaCount)
+}
+
+func testScaleDown(t *testing.T, kc *kubernetes.Clientset, data templateData) {
+	t.Log("--- testing scale down ---")
+	KubectlDeleteWithTemplate(t, data, "lightLoadTemplate", lightLoadTemplate)
+	KubectlDeleteWithTemplate(t, data, "heavyLoadTemplate", heavyLoadTemplate)
+	assert.True(t, WaitForDeploymentReplicaReadyCount(t, kc, deploymentName, testNamespace, minReplicaCount, 60, 3),
+		"replica count should be %d after 3 minutes", minReplicaCount)
+}
+
+func installNewRelic(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := ExecuteCommand(fmt.Sprintf("helm repo add new-relic %s", newRelicHelmRepoUrl))
+	assert.NoErrorf(t, err, "cannot execute command - %s", err)
+	_, err = ExecuteCommand("helm repo update")
+	assert.NoErrorf(t, err, "cannot execute command - %s", err)
+
+	cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`helm upgrade --install --set global.cluster=%s --set prometheus.enabled=true --set ksm.enabled=true --set global.lowDataMode=true --set global.licenseKey=%s --timeout 600s --set logging.enabled=false --set ksm.enabled=true --set logging.enabled=true --namespace %s ri-keda new-relic/nri-bundle`,
+		kuberneteClusterName,
+		newRelicLicenseKey,
+		testNamespace)
+
+	_, err = ExecuteCommand(cmd)
+	assert.NoErrorf(t, err, "cannot execute command - %s", err)
+}
+
+func getTemplateData() (templateData, templateValues) {
+	return templateData{
+			TestNamespace:        testNamespace,
+			DeploymentName:       deploymentName,
+			ServiceName:          serviceName,
+			TriggerAuthName:      triggerAuthName,
+			ScaledObjectName:     scaledObjectName,
+			SecretName:           secretName,
+			NewRelicRegion:       newRelicRegion,
+			KuberneteClusterName: kuberneteClusterName,
+			MinReplicaCount:      fmt.Sprintf("%v", minReplicaCount),
+			MaxReplicaCount:      fmt.Sprintf("%v", maxReplicaCount),
+			DeploymentReplicas:   fmt.Sprintf("%v", deploymentReplicas),
+			NewRelicAccountID:    newRelicAccountId,
+			NewRelicApiKey:       base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(newRelicApiKey)),
+		}, templateValues{
+			"secretTemplate":                secretTemplate,
+			"triggerAuthenticationTemplate": triggerAuthenticationTemplate,
+			"serviceTemplate":               serviceTemplate,
+			"deploymentTemplate":            deploymentTemplate,
+			"scaledObjectTemplate":          scaledObjectTemplate}
+}