diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-env.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-env.bats
index 96b117be2b..ad382a81c7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-env.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-env.bats
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ setup() {
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
 
 	# Print environment variables
-	kubectl exec $pod_name -- "${exec_command[@]}" | grep "MY_POD_NAME=$pod_name"
-	kubectl exec $pod_name -- "${exec_command[@]}" | \
-		grep "HOST_IP=\([0-9]\+\(\.\|$\)\)\{4\}"
+	grep_pod_exec_output "${pod_name}" "MY_POD_NAME=${pod_name}" "${exec_command[@]}"
+	grep_pod_exec_output "${pod_name}" "HOST_IP=\([0-9]\+\(\.\|$\)\)\{4\}" "${exec_command[@]}"
+
 	# Requested 32Mi of memory
-	kubectl exec $pod_name -- "${exec_command[@]}" | \
-		grep "MEMORY_REQUESTS=$((1024 * 1024 * 32))"
+	grep_pod_exec_output "${pod_name}" "MEMORY_REQUESTS=$((1024 * 1024 * 32))" "${exec_command[@]}"
+
 	# Memory limits allocated by the node
-	kubectl exec $pod_name -- "${exec_command[@]}" | grep "MEMORY_LIMITS=[1-9]\+"
+	grep_pod_exec_output "${pod_name}" "MEMORY_LIMITS=[1-9]\+" "${exec_command[@]}"
 }
 
 teardown() {