diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-credentials-secrets.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-credentials-secrets.bats
index 5969c38b29..7035c70fb9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-credentials-secrets.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-credentials-secrets.bats
@@ -6,16 +6,19 @@
 #
 
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/lib.sh"
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
 setup() {
 	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "firecracker" ] && skip "test not working see: ${fc_limitations}"
 	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "fc" ] && skip "test not working see: ${fc_limitations}"
 
+	setup_common
 	get_pod_config_dir
 
 	# Add policy to pod-secret.yaml.
 	pod_yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-secret.yaml"
+	set_node "$pod_yaml_file" "$node"
 	pod_cmd="ls /tmp/secret-volume"
 	pod_exec_command=(sh -c "${pod_cmd}")
 	pod_policy_settings_dir="$(create_tmp_policy_settings_dir "${pod_config_dir}")"
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ setup() {
 	# TODO: auto-generate policy for this pod YAML after solving
 	# https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/10033
 	pod_env_yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-secret-env.yaml"
+	set_node "$pod_env_yaml_file" "$node"
 	pod_env_cmd="printenv"
 	pod_env_exec_command=(sh -c "${pod_env_cmd}")
 	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${pod_env_yaml_file}"
@@ -69,12 +73,9 @@ teardown() {
 	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "firecracker" ] && skip "test not working see: ${fc_limitations}"
 	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "fc" ] && skip "test not working see: ${fc_limitations}"
 
-	# Debugging information
-	kubectl describe "pod/$pod_name"
-	kubectl describe "pod/$second_pod_name"
-
-	kubectl delete pod "$pod_name" "$second_pod_name"
 	kubectl delete secret "$secret_name"
 
 	delete_tmp_policy_settings_dir "${pod_policy_settings_dir}"
+
+	teardown_common "${node}" "${node_start_time:-}"
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-parallel.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-parallel.bats
index f11bd5fb3d..ef02309058 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-parallel.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-parallel.bats
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 #
 
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/lib.sh"
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
 setup() {
+	setup_common
 	get_pod_config_dir
 	job_name="jobtest"
 	names=( "test1" "test2" "test3" )
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ setup() {
 	for i in "${names[@]}"; do
 		yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/job-$i.yaml"
 		sed "s/\$ITEM/$i/" ${pod_config_dir}/job-template.yaml > ${yaml_file}
+		set_node "$yaml_file" "$node"
 		auto_generate_policy "${policy_settings_dir}" "${yaml_file}"
 	done
 }
@@ -44,13 +47,15 @@ setup() {
 }
 
 teardown() {
-	# Delete jobs
-	kubectl delete jobs -l jobgroup=${job_name}
-
 	# Remove generated yaml files
 	for i in "${names[@]}"; do
 		rm -f ${pod_config_dir}/job-$i.yaml
 	done
 
 	delete_tmp_policy_settings_dir "${policy_settings_dir}"
+
+	teardown_common
+
+	# Delete jobs
+	kubectl delete jobs -l jobgroup=${job_name}
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.bats
index a59b4085a4..1dbc0a7c9b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.bats
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/lib.sh"
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
 setup() {
@@ -14,11 +15,13 @@ setup() {
 	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" = "qemu-runtime-rs" ] && skip "Requires CPU hotplug which isn't supported on ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} yet"
 	[ "$(uname -m)" == "aarch64" ] && skip "See: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/10928"
 
+	setup_common
 	get_pod_config_dir
 	pods=( "vcpus-less-than-one-with-no-limits" "vcpus-less-than-one-with-limits" "vcpus-more-than-one-with-limits" )
 	expected_vcpus=( 1 1 2 )
 
 	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.yaml"
+	set_node "$yaml_file" "$node"
 	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 }
 
@@ -45,5 +48,5 @@ teardown() {
 		kubectl logs ${pod}
 	done
 
-	kubectl delete -f "${yaml_file}"
+	teardown_common "${node}" "${node_start_time:-}"
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh
index bfc4c3c3d9..c726a0c14c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh
@@ -340,10 +340,19 @@ set_container_command() {
 set_node() {
 	local yaml="$1"
 	local node="$2"
+	local kind
+	local spec
 	[ -n "$node" ] || return 1
 
+	kind="$(yq -r '.kind' "${yaml}")"
+	if [[ "${kind}" = "Job" ]]; then
+		spec=".spec.template.spec.nodeName"
+	else
+		spec=".spec.nodeName"
+	fi
+
   yq -i \
-    ".spec.nodeName = \"$node\"" \
+    "${spec} = \"$node\"" \
     "${yaml}"
 }