diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-amd64.yaml
index 338e923f29..66fe6b73d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-amd64.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.snapshotter }}
       USING_NFD: "false"
       K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: all
+      CONTAINER_RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.container_runtime }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
index 62faae2cab..8d2e998add 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ DOCKER_TAG=${DOCKER_TAG:-kata-containers-latest}
 KATA_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT=${KATA_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-600}
 SNAPSHOTTER_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT=${SNAPSHOTTER_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-8m}
 KATA_HYPERVISOR=${KATA_HYPERVISOR:-qemu}
+CONTAINER_RUNTIME=${CONTAINER_RUNTIME:-containerd}
 KBS=${KBS:-false}
 KBS_INGRESS=${KBS_INGRESS:-}
 KUBERNETES="${KUBERNETES:-}"