diff --git a/build/push-ci-build.sh b/build/push-ci-build.sh
index 3b9c3136d03..d968d8e4f99 100755
--- a/build/push-ci-build.sh
+++ b/build/push-ci-build.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ KUBE_GCS_NO_CACHING='n'
 KUBE_GCS_MAKE_PUBLIC='y'
 KUBE_GCS_UPLOAD_RELEASE='y'
 KUBE_GCS_DELETE_EXISTING='y'
-KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_BUCKET='kubernetes-release'
+: ${KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_BUCKET:='kubernetes-release'}
 KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_PREFIX="ci/${LATEST}"
 KUBE_GCS_PUBLISH_VERSION="${LATEST}"
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index ab43491bd7e..d59806b5f86 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -738,8 +738,8 @@ function create-nodes() {
         --template "$template_name" || true;
     gcloud compute instance-groups managed wait-until-stable \
         "${NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX}-group-$i" \
-	      --zone "${ZONE}" \
-	      --project "${PROJECT}" || true;
+        --zone "${ZONE}" \
+        --project "${PROJECT}" || true;
   done
 
   # TODO: We don't add a suffix for the last group to keep backward compatibility when there's only one MIG.
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e-runner.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e-runner.sh
index d565942cba7..61bfe3b759a 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e-runner.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e-runner.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 set -o xtrace
 
+: ${KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_BUCKET:="kubernetes-release"}
+
 function running_in_docker() {
     grep -q docker /proc/self/cgroup
 }
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ function fetch_published_version_tars() {
     local -r published_version="${1}"
     IFS='/' read -a varr <<< "${published_version}"
     bucket="${varr[0]}"
-    build_version=$(gsutil cat gs://kubernetes-release/${published_version}.txt)
+    build_version=$(gsutil cat gs://${KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_BUCKET}/${published_version}.txt)
     echo "Using published version $bucket/$build_version (from ${published_version})"
     fetch_tars_from_gcs "${bucket}" "${build_version}"
     unpack_binaries
@@ -66,8 +68,8 @@ function fetch_tars_from_gcs() {
     local -r build_version="${2}"
     echo "Pulling binaries from GCS; using server version ${bucket}/${build_version}."
     gsutil -mq cp \
-        "gs://kubernetes-release/${bucket}/${build_version}/kubernetes.tar.gz" \
-        "gs://kubernetes-release/${bucket}/${build_version}/kubernetes-test.tar.gz" \
+        "gs://${KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_BUCKET}/${bucket}/${build_version}/kubernetes.tar.gz" \
+        "gs://${KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_BUCKET}/${bucket}/${build_version}/kubernetes-test.tar.gz" \
         .
 }