diff --git a/test/e2e/go/cluster_test.go b/test/e2e/go/cluster_test.go
index dd70777e4e..985cd0ac97 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go/cluster_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/go/cluster_test.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ var _ = Describe("operator-sdk", func() {
 				ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 				return metricsOutput
 			}
-			Eventually(getCurlLogs, 3*time.Minute, time.Second).Should(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/2 200"))
+			Eventually(getCurlLogs, 3*time.Minute, time.Second).Should(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
 
 			By("validating that pod(s) status.phase=Running")
 			getMemcachedPodStatus := func() error {
diff --git a/test/e2e/helm/cluster_test.go b/test/e2e/helm/cluster_test.go
index 50b4491326..3de6268ffd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/helm/cluster_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/helm/cluster_test.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Running Helm projects", func() {
 				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 				return logOutput
 			}
-			Eventually(getCurlLogs, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/2 200"))
+			Eventually(getCurlLogs, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
 
 			By("getting the CR namespace token")
 			crNamespace, err := tc.Kubectl.Get(