diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
index 33002e4ffd..c72e35be7d 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ DOCKER_REPO=${DOCKER_REPO:-kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci}
 DOCKER_TAG=${DOCKER_TAG:-kata-containers-latest}
 KATA_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT=${KATA_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-10m}
 KATA_HYPERVISOR=${KATA_HYPERVISOR:-qemu}
+KUBERNETES="${KUBERNETES:-}"
 
 function configure_devmapper() {
 	sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/containerd/devmapper