diff --git a/tests/metrics/density/k8s-sysbench.sh b/tests/metrics/density/k8s-sysbench.sh
index 9beb2300e1..a28daf56a1 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/density/k8s-sysbench.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/density/k8s-sysbench.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
-
-source "${SCRIPT_PATH}/../../.ci/lib.sh"
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")"
 source "${SCRIPT_PATH}/../lib/common.bash"
 sysbench_file=$(mktemp sysbenchresults.XXXXXXXXXX)
 TEST_NAME="${TEST_NAME:-sysbench}"
diff --git a/tests/metrics/density/runtimeclass_workloads/sysbench-pod.yaml b/tests/metrics/density/runtimeclass_workloads/sysbench-pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03dc850f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/metrics/density/runtimeclass_workloads/sysbench-pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: test-sysbench
+spec:
+  terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
+  runtimeClassName: kata
+  containers:
+  - name: test-sysbench
+    image: localhost:5000/sysbench-kata:latest
+    command:
+        - sleep
+        - "60"