diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-common.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-common.yml
index 83d6466c..2d31c18f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-common.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-common.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ on:
       runner:
         required: true
         type: string
+      kind_version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
     secrets:
       registry_username:
         required: true
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create k8s (kind) cluster
         run: |
           # v0.20.0 does not work on self-hosted runners
-          ktbx install kind --kind-version=v0.15.0
+          ktbx install kind --kind-version=${{ inputs.kind_version }}
           ktbx install kubectl
           ktbx create -s
       - name: Install olm and argocd operators
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-gha.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-gha.yml
index a8a3bd05..b0fc0e10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-gha.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-gha.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       suffix: "noscience"
       ci_repo: ""
       runner: "['ubuntu-latest']"
+      kind_version: "v0.20.0"
     secrets:
       registry_username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
       registry_token: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-noscience.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-noscience.yml
index 4bef31d6..559226e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-noscience.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-noscience.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       suffix: "noscience"
       ci_repo: "docker-registry.docker-registry:5000"
       runner: "['arc-runners']"
+      kind-version: "['ubuntu-latest']"
     secrets:
       registry_username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
       registry_token: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-science.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-science.yml
index b95f205f..1156623c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-science.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-science.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       suffix: ""
       ci_repo: "docker-registry.docker-registry:5000"
       runner: "['arc-runners']"
+      kind_version: "v0.15.0"
     secrets:
       registry_username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
       registry_token: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}