diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-exec-rejected.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-exec-rejected.bats
index a3b9d2bf9f..9ca68af785 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-exec-rejected.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-exec-rejected.bats
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ setup() {
 	get_pod_config_dir
 	pod_name="busybox"
 	pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/busybox-pod.yaml"
-
-	# String generated using "base64 -w 0 kata-containers/src/kata-opa/allow-all-except-exec-process.rego"
-	allow_all_except_exec_policy="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"
+	allow_all_except_exec_policy=$(base64 -w 0 "${pod_config_dir}/allow-all-except-exec-process.rego")
 }
 
 @test "Kubectl exec rejected by policy" {
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index b0686180a0..392dbf2981 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ KATA_HYPERVISOR="${KATA_HYPERVISOR:-qemu}"
 K8S_TEST_DEBUG="${K8S_TEST_DEBUG:-false}"
 K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE="${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE:-small}"
 
-# String generated using "base64 -w 0 kata-containers/src/kata-opa/allow-all.rego"
-ALLOW_ALL_POLICY="${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY:-"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"}"
+ALLOW_ALL_POLICY="${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY:-$(base64 -w 0 runtimeclass_workloads_work/allow-all.rego)}"
 
 if [ -n "${K8S_TEST_UNION:-}" ]; then
 	K8S_TEST_UNION=($K8S_TEST_UNION)
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/setup.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/setup.sh
index 63238702b6..a0c7b70587 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/setup.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/setup.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,31 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
+if [ -n "${K8S_TEST_POLICY_FILES:-}" ]; then
+    K8S_TEST_POLICY_FILES=($K8S_TEST_POLICY_FILES)
+else
+    K8S_TEST_POLICY_FILES=( \
+        "allow-all.rego" \
+        "allow-all-except-exec-process.rego" \
+    )
+fi
+
 kubernetes_dir=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 source "${kubernetes_dir}/../../common.bash"
 
 reset_workloads_work_dir() {
     rm -rf ${kubernetes_dir}/runtimeclass_workloads_work
     cp -R ${kubernetes_dir}/runtimeclass_workloads ${kubernetes_dir}/runtimeclass_workloads_work
+    copy_test_policy_files
+}
+
+copy_test_policy_files() {
+    local kata_opa_dir="${kubernetes_dir}/../../../src/kata-opa"
+
+    for policy_file in ${K8S_TEST_POLICY_FILES[@]}
+    do
+        cp "${kata_opa_dir}/${policy_file}" ${kubernetes_dir}/runtimeclass_workloads_work/
+    done
 }
 
 add_kernel_initrd_annotations_to_yaml() {