diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/auth/encrypt/run-e2e.sh b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/auth/encrypt/run-e2e.sh
index 3664ccb2634ec..4190984c88f09 100755
--- a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/auth/encrypt/run-e2e.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/auth/encrypt/run-e2e.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ create_cluster_and_run_test() {
     TEST_ARGS=""
     if [ "${SKIP_RUN_TESTS:-}" != "true" ]; then
         # (--use-built-binaries) use the kubectl, e2e.test, and ginkgo binaries built during --build as opposed to from a GCS release tarball
-        TEST_ARGS="--test=ginkgo -- --v=5 --focus-regex=\[Conformance\] --skip-regex=\[Serial\] --parallel 20 --use-built-binaries"
+        TEST_ARGS="--test=ginkgo -- --focus-regex=\[Conformance\] --skip-regex=\[Serial\] --parallel 20 --use-built-binaries"
     else
         echo "Skipping running tests"
     fi
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ main(){
     mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS}"
 
     export GO111MODULE=on;
-    go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.17.0;
+    go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@latest;
     go install sigs.k8s.io/kubetest2@latest;
     go install sigs.k8s.io/kubetest2/kubetest2-kind@latest;
     go install sigs.k8s.io/kubetest2/kubetest2-tester-ginkgo@latest;