diff --git a/tests/integration/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/gha-run.sh
index 103ce2cda7..11499283fc 100755
--- a/tests/integration/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/gha-run.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ function get_cluster_credentials() {
 function run_tests() {
     platform="${1}"
 
+    # Emsure we're in the default namespace
+    kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=default
+
+    # Delete any spurious tests namespace that was left behind
+    kubectl delete namespace kata-containers-k8s-tests &> /dev/null || true
+
     sed -i -e "s|quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy:latest|${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/${DOCKER_REPO}:${DOCKER_TAG}|g" "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml"
     cat "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml"
     cat "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" | grep "${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/${DOCKER_REPO}:${DOCKER_TAG}" || die "Failed to setup the tests image"
@@ -80,6 +86,10 @@ function run_tests() {
         sleep 60s
     fi
 
+    # Create a new namespace for the tests and switch to it
+    kubectl apply -f ${integration_dir}/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/tests-namespace.yaml
+    kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=kata-containers-k8s-tests
+
     pushd "${integration_dir}/kubernetes"
     bash setup.sh
     bash run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -89,6 +99,10 @@ function run_tests() {
 function cleanup() {
     platform="${1}"
 
+    # Switch back to the default namespace and delete the tests one
+    kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=default
+    kubectl delete namespace kata-containers-k8s-tests
+
     if [ "${platform}" = "tdx" ]; then
         deploy_spec="-k "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/overlays/k3s""
         cleanup_spec="-k "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-cleanup/overlays/k3s""
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-quota.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-quota.bats
index addc37bb32..d9a5277251 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-quota.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-quota.bats
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ setup() {
 @test "Pod quota" {
 	resource_name="pod-quota"
 	deployment_name="deploymenttest"
-	namespace="test-quota-ns"
 
 	# Create the resourcequota
 	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/resource-quota.yaml"
 
 	# View information about resourcequota
-	kubectl get -n "$namespace" resourcequota "$resource_name" \
+	kubectl get resourcequota "$resource_name" \
 		--output=yaml | grep 'pods: "2"'
 
 	# Create deployment
@@ -28,10 +27,9 @@ setup() {
 
 	# View deployment
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Available --timeout=$timeout \
-		-n "$namespace" deployment/${deployment_name}
+		deployment/${deployment_name}
 }
 
 teardown() {
-	kubectl delete -n "$namespace" deployment "$deployment_name"
 	kubectl delete -f "${pod_config_dir}/resource-quota.yaml"
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-custom-dns.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-custom-dns.yaml
index 680577a5f5..6341b0b1f3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-custom-dns.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-custom-dns.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
-  namespace: default
   name: custom-dns-test
 spec:
   terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-oom.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-oom.yaml
index 672c54e681..90fc28667e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-oom.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-oom.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
   name: pod-oom
-  namespace: default
 spec:
   runtimeClassName: kata
   restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-quota-deployment.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-quota-deployment.yaml
index ecdaf5e640..9383349d73 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-quota-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-quota-deployment.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: deploymenttest
-  namespace: test-quota-ns
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/resource-quota.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/resource-quota.yaml
index a8d84d9ad4..8ae0a19983 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/resource-quota.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/resource-quota.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ items:
   kind: ResourceQuota
   metadata:
     name: pod-quota
-    namespace: test-quota-ns
   spec:
     hard:
       pods: "2"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/tests-namespace.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/tests-namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..916003d131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/tests-namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: kata-containers-k8s-tests