diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
index b02ee510fd..4174ece20f 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function deploy_kata() {
 
 	ANNOTATIONS="default_vcpus"
 	if [[ "${KATA_HOST_OS}" = "cbl-mariner" ]]; then
-		ANNOTATIONS="image kernel default_vcpus disable_image_nvdimm"
+		ANNOTATIONS="image kernel default_vcpus disable_image_nvdimm cc_init_data"
 	fi
 	if [[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" = "qemu" ]]; then
 		ANNOTATIONS="image initrd kernel default_vcpus"