diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh
index 620e21d017a..6ad1bc1f8f8 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ else
     echo 'No need to refresh sudo credentials'
   else
     echo 'Updating sudo credentials'
-    sudo --validate || exit 1
+    sudo -v || exit 1
   fi
 
   # Do not use any network plugin by default. User could override the flags with
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/conformance/run_test.sh b/test/e2e_node/conformance/run_test.sh
index 9256bc96bea..5fa8cadb1c8 100755
--- a/test/e2e_node/conformance/run_test.sh
+++ b/test/e2e_node/conformance/run_test.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ elif sudo --non-interactive "$(which bash)" -c true 2> /dev/null; then
   echo 'No need to refresh sudo credentials'
 else
   echo 'Updating sudo credentials'
-  sudo --validate || exit 1
+  sudo -v || exit 1
 fi
 
 # FOCUS is ginkgo focus to select which tests to run. By default, FOCUS is