diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-authenticated.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-authenticated.bats
index c26bac30c7..1ab7aff6f4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-authenticated.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-authenticated.bats
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ setup() {
 
     [ "${SNAPSHOTTER:-}" = "nydus" ] || skip "None snapshotter was found but this test requires one"
 
-    setup_common
+    setup_common || die "setup_common failed"
     AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE="${AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE:-quay.io/kata-containers/confidential-containers-auth:test}"
     AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_USER=${AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_USER:-}
     AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD=${AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD:-}
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-encrypted.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-encrypted.bats
index 7b12eada91..d64723057a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-encrypted.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-encrypted.bats
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ setup() {
 
     [ "${SNAPSHOTTER:-}" = "nydus" ] || skip "None snapshotter was found but this test requires one"
 
-    setup_common
+    setup_common || die "setup_common failed"
     ENCRYPTED_IMAGE="${ENCRYPTED_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/confidential-containers/test-container:multi-arch-encrypted}"
     DECRYPTION_KEY="${DECRYPTION_KEY:-HUlOu8NWz8si11OZUzUJMnjiq/iZyHBJZMSD3BaqgMc=}"
     DECRYPTION_KEY_ID="${DECRYPTION_KEY_ID:-ssh-demo}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-signature.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-signature.bats
index 542ca6394e..4a9f17e457 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-signature.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image-signature.bats
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ setup() {
         tag_suffix="-$(uname -m)"
     fi
 
-    setup_common
+    setup_common || die "setup_common failed"
     UNSIGNED_UNPROTECTED_REGISTRY_IMAGE="quay.io/prometheus/busybox:latest"
     UNSIGNED_PROTECTED_REGISTRY_IMAGE="ghcr.io/confidential-containers/test-container-image-rs:unsigned${tag_suffix}"
     COSIGN_SIGNED_PROTECTED_REGISTRY_IMAGE="ghcr.io/confidential-containers/test-container-image-rs:cosign-signed${tag_suffix}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats
index cb91158566..503bf70d26 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ setup() {
 
     [ "${SNAPSHOTTER:-}" = "nydus" ] || skip "None snapshotter was found but this test requires one"
 
-    setup_common
+    setup_common || die "setup_common failed"
     get_pod_config_dir
     unencrypted_image="quay.io/prometheus/busybox:latest"
     image_pulled_time_less_than_default_time="ghcr.io/confidential-containers/test-container:rust-1.79.0" # unpacked size: 1.41GB
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats
index d5500e7fe4..a4011a6c71 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ setup() {
 	agnhost_name="${container_images_agnhost_name}"
 	agnhost_version="${container_images_agnhost_version}"
 
-	setup_common
+	setup_common || die "setup_common failed"
 	get_pod_config_dir
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-measured-rootfs.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-measured-rootfs.bats
index f442496f8c..afa31ae6b8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-measured-rootfs.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-measured-rootfs.bats
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ check_and_skip() {
 
 setup() {
 	check_and_skip
-	setup_common
+	setup_common || die "setup_common failed"
 }
 
 @test "Test cannnot launch pod with measured boot enabled and incorrect hash" {
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sealed-secret.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sealed-secret.bats
index 3029545ed2..4b520677ff 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sealed-secret.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sealed-secret.bats
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ setup() {
 		skip "Test skipped as KBS not setup"
 	fi
 
-	setup_common
+	setup_common || die "setup_common failed"
 	get_pod_config_dir
 
 	export K8S_TEST_ENV_YAML="${pod_config_dir}/pod-sealed-secret.yaml"