diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
index b6d448cac1..f932bd6561 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,16 @@ exec_host() {
 	# `kubectl debug` always returns 0, so we hack it to return the right exit code.
 	command="$@"
 	command+='; echo -en \\n$?'
-	output="$(kubectl debug -qit "${node}" --image=alpine:latest -- chroot /host bash -c "${command}")"
+	# We're trailing the `\r` here due to: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/8051
+	# tl;dr: When testing with CRI-O we're facing the foillowing error:
+	# ```
+	# (from function `exec_host' in file tests_common.sh, line 51,
+	# in test file k8s-file-volume.bats, line 25)
+	# `exec_host "echo "$file_body" > $tmp_file"' failed with status 127
+	# [bats-exec-test:38] INFO: k8s configured to use runtimeclass
+	# bash: line 1: $'\r': command not found
+	# ```
+	output="$(kubectl debug -qit "${node}" --image=alpine:latest -- chroot /host bash -c "${command}" | tr -d '\r')"
 	kubectl get pods -o name | grep node-debugger | xargs kubectl delete > /dev/null
 	exit_code="$(echo "${output}" | tail -1)"
 	echo "$(echo "${output}" | head -n -1)"