diff --git a/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh b/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh
index e62fbc96..bfc0a549 100755
--- a/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh
+++ b/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ EOF
 
 # run e2es with ginkgo-e2e.sh
 run_tests() {
-  # export the KUBECONFIG
-  KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path)"
-  export KUBECONFIG
-
   # IPv6 clusters need some CoreDNS changes in order to work in k8s CI:
   # 1. k8s CI doesn´t offer IPv6 connectivity, so CoreDNS should be configured
   # to work in an offline environment:
@@ -164,6 +160,11 @@ main() {
   export ARTIFACTS="${ARTIFACTS:-${PWD}/_artifacts}"
   mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS}"
 
+  # export the KUBECONFIG to a unique path for testing
+  KUBECONFIG="${HOME}/.kube/kind-test-config"
+  export KUBECONFIG
+  echo "exported KUBECONFIG=${KUBECONFIG}"
+
   # debug kind version
   kind version