diff --git a/.github/workflows/k3d-verify-warden-manifest.yaml b/.github/workflows/k3d-verify-warden-manifest.yaml
index 491eff17..55e06d33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k3d-verify-warden-manifest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k3d-verify-warden-manifest.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Create Single Cluster
+      uses: AbsaOSS/k3d-action@4e8b3239042be1dc0aed6c5eb80c13b18200fc79 #v2.4.0
+      with:
+        cluster-name: "k3dCluster"
+        args: >-
+          --agents 1
+          --port 80:80@loadbalancer
+          --port 443:443@loadbalancer
+          --wait
 
     - name: run test
-      run: make k3d-integration-test
+      run: make verify-on-cluster
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e0ded9d..bcf8fd58 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -128,9 +128,11 @@ configure-git-origin:
 
 
 .PHONY: k3d-integration-test
-k3d-integration-test: ## Run integration tests on self-prepared k3d cluster.
 k3d-integration-test: run-on-k3d verify-status run-integration-tests
 
+.PHONY: verify-on-cluster
+verify-on-cluster: run-on-cluster verify-status run-integration-tests
+
 .PHONY: create-k3d
 create-k3d: ## Create k3d
 	${KYMA} provision k3d --ci -p 6080:8080@loadbalancer -p 6433:8433@loadbalancer
@@ -140,6 +142,10 @@ create-k3d: ## Create k3d
 run-on-k3d: kyma create-k3d configure-git-origin module-build 
 	kubectl apply -f warden-manifest.yaml
 
+.PHONY: run-on-cluster
+run-on-cluster: configure-git-origin module-build 
+	kubectl apply -f warden-manifest.yaml
+
 .PHONY: verify-status
 verify-status:
 	@./hack/verify_warden_status.sh