diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/logs.go b/test/e2e/kubectl/logs.go
index 82f9916055a..661a5b346d5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/logs.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/logs.go
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ func testingDeployment(name, ns string, numberOfPods int32) appsv1.Deployment {
 							Name:    "container-1",
 							Image:   imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.Agnhost),
 							Command: []string{"/bin/sh", "-c"},
-							Args:    []string{"/agnhost logs-generator --log-lines-total 10 --run-duration 3s && sleep 300"},
+							Args:    []string{"/agnhost logs-generator --log-lines-total 10 --run-duration 3s && /agnhost pause"},
 						},
 						{
 							Name:    "container-2",
 							Image:   imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.Agnhost),
 							Command: []string{"/bin/sh", "-c"},
-							Args:    []string{"/agnhost logs-generator --log-lines-total 20 --run-duration 3s && sleep 300"},
+							Args:    []string{"/agnhost logs-generator --log-lines-total 20 --run-duration 3s && /agnhost pause"},
 						},
 					},
 					RestartPolicy:                 v1.RestartPolicyAlways,