diff --git a/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh b/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh
index 3ae36f6cc..3853a081f 100755
--- a/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-NGINX_VERSION=1.24.4
+NGINX_HELM_VERSION=1.33.4 # ingress v0.30.0
 
 echo '>>> Installing NGINX Ingress'
-helm upgrade -i nginx-ingress stable/nginx-ingress --version=${NGINX_VERSION} \
+helm upgrade -i nginx-ingress stable/nginx-ingress --version=${NGINX_HELM_VERSION} \
 --wait \
 --namespace ingress-nginx \
 --set controller.stats.enabled=true \
diff --git a/test/e2e-nginx.sh b/test/e2e-nginx.sh
index 5c33c194a..aaf696f98 100755
--- a/test/e2e-nginx.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-nginx.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-NGINX_VERSION=1.33.0
+NGINX_HELM_VERSION=1.33.4 # ingress v0.30.0
 
 echo '>>> Installing NGINX Ingress'
 kubectl create ns ingress-nginx
-helm upgrade -i nginx-ingress stable/nginx-ingress --version=${NGINX_VERSION} \
+helm upgrade -i nginx-ingress stable/nginx-ingress --version=${NGINX_HELM_VERSION} \
 --wait \
 --namespace ingress-nginx \
 --set controller.stats.enabled=true \