diff --git a/app/graphql/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb b/app/graphql/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb
index 3f1c8758eb8fb0eeb28837c954bc0068df91a78d..6464e43169acdf0eaecce4cb48e3211fad0da8f1 100644
--- a/app/graphql/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb
+++ b/app/graphql/types/ci/ci_cd_setting_type.rb
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ class CiCdSettingType < BaseObject
       field :pipeline_variables_minimum_override_role,
         GraphQL::Types::String,
         null: false,
-        description: 'Minimum role required to set variables when creating a pipeline or running a job.',
-        authorize: :admin_project
+        description: 'Minimum role required to set variables when creating a pipeline or running a job.'
       field :project,
         Types::ProjectType,
         null: true,
diff --git a/ee/spec/requests/custom_roles/admin_cicd_variables/projects_request_spec.rb b/ee/spec/requests/custom_roles/admin_cicd_variables/projects_request_spec.rb
index 32c11259bb02938362693fe3b9b8fbd03cd42d3d..18e507a0af71f6acd826ddc7aa0b84ebb3f9a52d 100644
--- a/ee/spec/requests/custom_roles/admin_cicd_variables/projects_request_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/requests/custom_roles/admin_cicd_variables/projects_request_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,35 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'Querying Ci/CD settings pipelineVariablesMinimumOverrideRole' do
+    let_it_be(:role) do
+      create(:member_role,
+        :developer,
+        :manage_merge_request_settings,
+        namespace: group,
+        admin_cicd_variables: true)
+    end
+
+    let_it_be(:member) { create(:group_member, :developer, member_role: role, user: user, source: project.group) }
+    let(:query) do
+      %(
+        query {
+          project(fullPath: "#{project.full_path}") {
+            ciCdSettings {
+              pipelineVariablesMinimumOverrideRole
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      )
+    end
+
+    it 'returns minimum override role' do
+      result = GitlabSchema.execute(query, context: { current_user: user }).as_json
+      settings = result.dig('data', 'project', 'ciCdSettings')
+      expect(settings).to eq('pipelineVariablesMinimumOverrideRole' => 'no_one_allowed')
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'Querying CI Variables and environment scopes' do
     include GraphqlHelpers