diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
index 4a172e3b30..3582d09c2f 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
@@ -20,21 +20,21 @@ tools_dir="${repo_root_dir}/tools"
 helm_chart_dir="${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy"
 kata_tarball_dir="${2:-kata-artifacts}"
 
-DOCKER_REGISTRY=${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-quay.io}
-DOCKER_REPO=${DOCKER_REPO:-kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci}
-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:-}"
-SNAPSHOTTER="${SNAPSHOTTER:-}"
-ITA_KEY="${ITA_KEY:-}"
-HTTPS_PROXY="${HTTPS_PROXY:-${https_proxy:-}}"
-NO_PROXY="${NO_PROXY:-${no_proxy:-}}"
-PULL_TYPE="${PULL_TYPE:-default}"
+export DOCKER_REGISTRY="${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-quay.io}"
+export DOCKER_REPO="${DOCKER_REPO:-kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci}"
+export DOCKER_TAG="${DOCKER_TAG:-kata-containers-latest}"
+export KATA_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT="${KATA_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-600}"
+export SNAPSHOTTER_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT="${SNAPSHOTTER_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-8m}"
+export KATA_HYPERVISOR="${KATA_HYPERVISOR:-qemu}"
+export CONTAINER_RUNTIME="${CONTAINER_RUNTIME:-containerd}"
+export KBS="${KBS:-false}"
+export KBS_INGRESS="${KBS_INGRESS:-}"
+export KUBERNETES="${KUBERNETES:-}"
+export SNAPSHOTTER="${SNAPSHOTTER:-}"
+export ITA_KEY="${ITA_KEY:-}"
+export HTTPS_PROXY="${HTTPS_PROXY:-${https_proxy:-}}"
+export NO_PROXY="${NO_PROXY:-${no_proxy:-}}"
+export PULL_TYPE="${PULL_TYPE:-default}"
 export AUTO_GENERATE_POLICY="${AUTO_GENERATE_POLICY:-no}"
 export TEST_CLUSTER_NAMESPACE="${TEST_CLUSTER_NAMESPACE:-kata-containers-k8s-tests}"
 export GENPOLICY_PULL_METHOD="${GENPOLICY_PULL_METHOD:-oci-distribution}"