diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 861b566b3..3b937594a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -284,24 +284,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Load cache
         run: gzip --decompress --stdout docker.tar.gz | docker load
 
-      - name: fix permissions
-        run: |
-          sudo mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
-          sudo chmod -R 777 $HOME/.kube
-
-      - name: Create Kubernetes ${{ matrix.k8s }} cluster
-        id: kind
-        run: |
-          kind create cluster --image=kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s }}
-
-      - name: Test
+      - name: Run tests
         env:
-          KIND_CLUSTER_NAME: kind
-          SKIP_CLUSTER_CREATION: true
+          K8S_VERSION: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
           SKIP_IMAGE_CREATION: true
-          SKIP_INGRESS_IMAGE_CREATION: true
         run: |
-          kind get kubeconfig > $HOME/.kube/kind-config-kind
+          sudo mkdir -pm 777 "${HOME}/.kube"
           make kind-e2e-chart-tests
 
   kubernetes: