diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats
index ea8d51c41e..e0851af504 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/lib.sh"
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ setup() {
 	agnhost_name="${container_images_agnhost_name}"
 	agnhost_version="${container_images_agnhost_version}"
 
+	setup_common
 	get_pod_config_dir
 }
 
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ setup() {
 
 	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/probe-pod-liveness.yaml"
 	cp "${pod_config_dir}/pod-liveness.yaml" "${yaml_file}"
+	set_node "${yaml_file}" "$node"
 	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Create pod
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ setup() {
 
 	sed -e "s#\${agnhost_image}#${agnhost_name}:${agnhost_version}#" \
 		"${pod_config_dir}/pod-http-liveness.yaml" > "${yaml_file}"
-
+	set_node "${yaml_file}" "$node"
 	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Create pod
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ setup() {
 
 	sed -e "s#\${agnhost_image}#${agnhost_name}:${agnhost_version}#" \
 		"${pod_config_dir}/pod-tcp-liveness.yaml" > "${yaml_file}"
-
+	set_node "${yaml_file}" "$node"
 	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Create pod
@@ -95,4 +98,9 @@ teardown() {
 	kubectl delete pod "$pod_name"
 
 	rm -f "${yaml_file}"
+
+	if [[ -n "${node_start_time}:-}" && -z "$BATS_TEST_COMPLETED" ]]; then
+		echo "DEBUG: system logs of node '$node' since test start time ($node_start_time)"
+		print_node_journal "$node" "kata" --since "$node_start_time" || true
+	fi
 }