diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4282b91aa..41ea68ba5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -278,15 +278,11 @@ 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 ${{ matrix.k8s }} cluster
+      - name: Create cluster
         id: kind
         run: |
-          kind create cluster --image=kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s }}
+          sudo chmod 777 "${HOME}/.kube"
+          kind create cluster --image kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s }} --kubeconfig "${HOME}/.kube/kind-config-kind"
 
       - name: Test
         env: