diff --git a/e2e/get_tools.sh b/e2e/get_tools.sh
index b0efbe13e..3e4aef0b6 100755
--- a/e2e/get_tools.sh
+++ b/e2e/get_tools.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if [ ! -d bin ]; then
 	mkdir bin
 fi
 
-curl -Lo ./bin/kind "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.12.0/kind-$(uname)-amd64"
+curl -Lo ./bin/kind "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.20.0/kind-$(uname)-amd64"
 chmod +x ./bin/kind
 curl -Lo ./bin/kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
 chmod +x ./bin/kubectl
diff --git a/e2e/setup_cluster.sh b/e2e/setup_cluster.sh
index c89bddb28..3a4ab806d 100755
--- a/e2e/setup_cluster.sh
+++ b/e2e/setup_cluster.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ OCI_BIN="${OCI_BIN:-docker}"
 # Acceptable values are `multus-daemonset.yml`. `multus-daemonset-thick.yml`.
 # Defaults to `multus-daemonset-thick.yml`.
 MULTUS_MANIFEST="${MULTUS_MANIFEST:-multus-daemonset-thick.yml}"
+# define the dockerfile to build multus.
+# Acceptable values are `Dockerfile`. `Dockerfile.thick`.
+# Defaults to `Dockerfile.thick`.
+MULTUS_DOCKERFILE="${MULTUS_MANIFEST:-Dockerfile.thick}"
 
 kind_network='kind'
 reg_name='kind-registry'
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ running="$($OCI_BIN inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "${reg_name}" 2>/dev/null ||
 if [ "${running}" != 'true' ]; then
   # run registry and push the multus image
   $OCI_BIN run -d --restart=always -p "${reg_port}:5000" --name "${reg_name}" registry:2
-  $OCI_BIN build -t localhost:5000/multus:e2e -f ../images/Dockerfile ..
+  $OCI_BIN build -t localhost:5000/multus:e2e -f ../images/${MULTUS_DOCKERFILE} ..
   $OCI_BIN push localhost:5000/multus:e2e
 fi
 reg_host="${reg_name}"
diff --git a/e2e/templates/cni-install.yml.j2 b/e2e/templates/cni-install.yml.j2
index 1d57fd4d4..06160451e 100644
--- a/e2e/templates/cni-install.yml.j2
+++ b/e2e/templates/cni-install.yml.j2
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ metadata:
 data:
   install_cni.sh: |
     cd /tmp
-    wget https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/v1.1.1/cni-plugins-linux-amd64-v1.1.1.tgz
+    wget https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/v1.4.0/cni-plugins-linux-amd64-v1.4.0.tgz
     cd /host/opt/cni/bin
-    tar xvfzp /tmp/cni-plugins-linux-amd64-v1.1.1.tgz
+    tar xvfzp /tmp/cni-plugins-linux-amd64-v1.4.0.tgz
     sleep infinite
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1