diff --git a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
index 3a3ff26c8..f1713b6db 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
@@ -91,9 +91,16 @@ echo "[dev-env] copying docker images to cluster..."
 kind load docker-image --name="${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --nodes=${KIND_WORKERS} ${REGISTRY}/controller:${TAG}
 
 if [ "${SKIP_CERT_MANAGER_CREATION:-false}" = "false" ]; then
+  curl -fsSL -o cmctl.tar.gz https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.11.1/cmctl-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+  tar xzf cmctl.tar.gz
+  chmod +x cmctl
+ ./cmctl help
   echo "[dev-env] apply cert-manager ..."
-  kubectl apply --wait -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.10.0/cert-manager.yaml
-  sleep 30
+  kubectl apply --wait -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.11.0/cert-manager.yaml
+  kubectl wait --timeout=30s --for-condition=available -l app=cert-manager -l "app.kubernetes.io/component=controller"
+  kubectl get validatingwebhookconfigurations cert-manager-webhook -ojson | jq '.webhooks[].clientConfig'
+  kubectl get endpoints -n cert-manager cert-manager-webhook
+  ./cmctl check api --wait=2m
 fi
 
 echo "[dev-env] running helm chart e2e tests..."