diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci-ubuntu.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci-ubuntu.properties
index be5864611bd..1e0c76fa14d 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci-ubuntu.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci-ubuntu.properties
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Serial\]"'
 KUBELET_ARGS='--cgroups-per-qos=true --cgroup-root=/'
 TIMEOUT=1h
+# Use the system spec defined in test/e2e_node/system/specs/gke.yaml.
+SYSTEM_SPEC_NAME=gke
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial-ubuntu.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial-ubuntu.properties
index e34bffce7fb..5333bb8b037 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial-ubuntu.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial-ubuntu.properties
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ TEST_ARGS='--feature-gates=DynamicKubeletConfig=true'
 KUBELET_ARGS='--cgroups-per-qos=true --cgroup-root=/'
 PARALLELISM=1
 TIMEOUT=3h
+# Use the system spec defined at test/e2e_node/system/specs/gke.yaml.
+SYSTEM_SPEC_NAME=gke