diff --git a/test/e2e/run.bash b/test/e2e/run.bash
index 1d9d56da4..699992109 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run.bash
+++ b/test/e2e/run.bash
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if ! kubectl version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     # Wire tests with the right cluster based on their BATS_JOB_SLOT env variable
     eval export "KUBECONFIG_SLOT_${I}=${KIND_CONFIG_PREFIX}-${I}"
   done
-  seq 1 "${E2E_KIND_CLUSTER_NUM}" | time parallel -- env KUBECONFIG="${KIND_CONFIG_PREFIX}-{}" kind create cluster --name "${KIND_CLUSTER_PREFIX}-{}" --wait 5m --image kindest/node:${KUBE_VERSION}
+  seq 1 "${E2E_KIND_CLUSTER_NUM}" | time parallel -- env KUBECONFIG="${KIND_CONFIG_PREFIX}-{}" kind -v 1 create cluster --name "${KIND_CLUSTER_PREFIX}-{}" --wait 5m --image kindest/node:${KUBE_VERSION}
 
   echo '>>> Loading images into the Kind cluster(s)'
   seq 1 "${E2E_KIND_CLUSTER_NUM}" | time parallel -- kind --name "${KIND_CLUSTER_PREFIX}-{}" load docker-image 'docker.io/fluxcd/flux:latest'