diff --git a/pkg/controller/util_test.go b/pkg/controller/util_test.go
index fa9c4802e..b5a23dfc0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/util_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
+
 package controller
 
 import (
diff --git a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
index 2f3e2dfc9..04a07bfb2 100644
--- a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -22,16 +22,19 @@ aliases:
   - ggriffiths
   - gnufied
   - humblec
+  - mauriciopoppe
   - j-griffith
-  - Jiawei0227
   - jingxu97
   - jsafrane
   - pohly
+  - RaunakShah
+  - sunnylovestiramisu
   - xing-yang
 
 # This documents who previously contributed to Kubernetes-CSI
 # as approver.
 emeritus_approvers:
+- Jiawei0227
 - lpabon
 - sbezverk
 - vladimirvivien
diff --git a/release-tools/SIDECAR_RELEASE_PROCESS.md b/release-tools/SIDECAR_RELEASE_PROCESS.md
index 8977fbe6d..d130383c6 100644
--- a/release-tools/SIDECAR_RELEASE_PROCESS.md
+++ b/release-tools/SIDECAR_RELEASE_PROCESS.md
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ naming convention `<hostpath-deployment-version>-on-<kubernetes-version>`.
 1. Check that all [canary CI
   jobs](https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-storage-csi-ci) are passing,
   and that test coverage is adequate for the changes that are going into the release.
+1. Check that the post-\<sidecar\>-push-images builds are succeeding.
+   [Example](https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-storage-image-build#post-external-snapshotter-push-images)
 1. Make sure that no new PRs have merged in the meantime, and no PRs are in
    flight and soon to be merged.
 1. Create a new release following a previous release as a template. Be sure to select the correct
diff --git a/release-tools/filter-junit.go b/release-tools/filter-junit.go
index cf1cb4abf..c1b7b6192 100644
--- a/release-tools/filter-junit.go
+++ b/release-tools/filter-junit.go
@@ -35,10 +35,18 @@ var (
 )
 
 /*
- * TestSuite represents a JUnit file. Due to how encoding/xml works, we have
+ * TestResults represents a JUnit file. Due to how encoding/xml works, we have
  * represent all fields that we want to be passed through. It's therefore
  * not a complete solution, but good enough for Ginkgo + Spyglass.
+ *
+ * Before Kubernetes 1.25 and ginkgo v2, we directly had <testsuite> in the
+ * JUnit file. Now we get <testsuites> and inside it the <testsuite>.
  */
+type TestResults struct {
+	XMLName   string    `xml:"testsuites"`
+	TestSuite TestSuite `xml:"testsuite"`
+}
+
 type TestSuite struct {
 	XMLName   string     `xml:"testsuite"`
 	TestCases []TestCase `xml:"testcase"`
@@ -48,6 +56,7 @@ type TestCase struct {
 	Name      string     `xml:"name,attr"`
 	Time      string     `xml:"time,attr"`
 	SystemOut string     `xml:"system-out,omitempty"`
+	SystemErr string     `xml:"system-err,omitempty"`
 	Failure   string     `xml:"failure,omitempty"`
 	Skipped   SkipReason `xml:"skipped,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -93,7 +102,15 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		}
 		if err := xml.Unmarshal(data, &junit); err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			if err.Error() != "expected element type <testsuite> but have <testsuites>" {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			// Fall back to Ginkgo v2 format.
+			var junitv2 TestResults
+			if err := xml.Unmarshal(data, &junitv2); err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			junit.TestCases = append(junit.TestCases, junitv2.TestSuite.TestCases...)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/release-tools/go-get-kubernetes.sh b/release-tools/go-get-kubernetes.sh
index 0a960c47e..2b46c187a 100755
--- a/release-tools/go-get-kubernetes.sh
+++ b/release-tools/go-get-kubernetes.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-#
+
 # This script can be used while converting a repo from "dep" to "go mod"
 # by calling it after "go mod init" or to update the Kubernetes packages
 # in a repo that has already been converted. Only packages that are
diff --git a/release-tools/prow.sh b/release-tools/prow.sh
index 74cc017ab..6154bd597 100755
--- a/release-tools/prow.sh
+++ b/release-tools/prow.sh
@@ -86,14 +86,17 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_BUILD_PLATFORMS "linux amd64 amd64; linux ppc64le ppc64le -pp
 # which is disabled with GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor).
 configvar GOFLAGS_VENDOR "$( [ -d vendor ] && echo '-mod=vendor' )" "Go flags for using the vendor directory"
 
-configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.18" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
+configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.19" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_E2E "" "override Go version for building the Kubernetes E2E test suite" # normally doesn't need to be set, see install_e2e
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_SANITY "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building the csi-sanity test suite" # depends on CSI_PROW_SANITY settings below
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_KIND "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building 'kind'" # depends on CSI_PROW_KIND_VERSION below
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_GINKGO "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building ginkgo" # depends on CSI_PROW_GINKGO_VERSION below
 
 # ginkgo test runner version to use. If the pre-installed version is
-# different, the desired version is built from source.
+# different, the desired version is built from source. For Kubernetes,
+# the version built via "make WHAT=vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo" is
+# used, which is guaranteed to match what the Kubernetes e2e.test binary
+# needs.
 configvar CSI_PROW_GINKGO_VERSION v1.7.0 "Ginkgo"
 
 # Ginkgo runs the E2E test in parallel. The default is based on the number
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_BUILD_JOB true "building code in repo enabled"
 # use the same settings as for "latest" Kubernetes. This works
 # as long as there are no breaking changes in Kubernetes, like
 # deprecating or changing the implementation of an alpha feature.
-configvar CSI_PROW_KUBERNETES_VERSION 1.17.0 "Kubernetes"
+configvar CSI_PROW_KUBERNETES_VERSION 1.22.0 "Kubernetes"
 
 # CSI_PROW_KUBERNETES_VERSION reduced to first two version numbers and
 # with underscore (1_13 instead of 1.13.3) and in uppercase (LATEST
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ kind_version_default () {
         latest|master)
             echo main;;
         *)
-            echo v0.11.1;;
+            echo v0.14.0;;
     esac
 }
 
@@ -149,16 +152,13 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_KIND_VERSION "$(kind_version_default)" "kind"
 
 # kind images to use. Must match the kind version.
 # The release notes of each kind release list the supported images.
-configvar CSI_PROW_KIND_IMAGES "kindest/node:v1.23.0@sha256:49824ab1727c04e56a21a5d8372a402fcd32ea51ac96a2706a12af38934f81ac
-kindest/node:v1.22.0@sha256:b8bda84bb3a190e6e028b1760d277454a72267a5454b57db34437c34a588d047
-kindest/node:v1.21.1@sha256:69860bda5563ac81e3c0057d654b5253219618a22ec3a346306239bba8cfa1a6
-kindest/node:v1.20.7@sha256:cbeaf907fc78ac97ce7b625e4bf0de16e3ea725daf6b04f930bd14c67c671ff9
-kindest/node:v1.19.11@sha256:07db187ae84b4b7de440a73886f008cf903fcf5764ba8106a9fd5243d6f32729
-kindest/node:v1.18.19@sha256:7af1492e19b3192a79f606e43c35fb741e520d195f96399284515f077b3b622c
-kindest/node:v1.17.17@sha256:66f1d0d91a88b8a001811e2f1054af60eef3b669a9a74f9b6db871f2f1eeed00
-kindest/node:v1.16.15@sha256:83067ed51bf2a3395b24687094e283a7c7c865ccc12a8b1d7aa673ba0c5e8861
-kindest/node:v1.15.12@sha256:b920920e1eda689d9936dfcf7332701e80be12566999152626b2c9d730397a95
-kindest/node:v1.14.10@sha256:f8a66ef82822ab4f7569e91a5bccaf27bceee135c1457c512e54de8c6f7219f8" "kind images"
+configvar CSI_PROW_KIND_IMAGES "kindest/node:v1.24.0@sha256:0866296e693efe1fed79d5e6c7af8df71fc73ae45e3679af05342239cdc5bc8e
+kindest/node:v1.23.6@sha256:b1fa224cc6c7ff32455e0b1fd9cbfd3d3bc87ecaa8fcb06961ed1afb3db0f9ae
+kindest/node:v1.22.9@sha256:8135260b959dfe320206eb36b3aeda9cffcb262f4b44cda6b33f7bb73f453105
+kindest/node:v1.21.12@sha256:f316b33dd88f8196379f38feb80545ef3ed44d9197dca1bfd48bcb1583210207
+kindest/node:v1.20.15@sha256:6f2d011dffe182bad80b85f6c00e8ca9d86b5b8922cdf433d53575c4c5212248
+kindest/node:v1.19.16@sha256:d9c819e8668de8d5030708e484a9fdff44d95ec4675d136ef0a0a584e587f65c
+kindest/node:v1.18.20@sha256:738cdc23ed4be6cc0b7ea277a2ebcc454c8373d7d8fb991a7fcdbd126188e6d7" "kind images"
 
 # By default, this script tests sidecars with the CSI hostpath driver,
 # using the install_csi_driver function. That function depends on
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ kindest/node:v1.14.10@sha256:f8a66ef82822ab4f7569e91a5bccaf27bceee135c1457c512e5
 # If the deployment script is called with CSI_PROW_TEST_DRIVER=<file name> as
 # environment variable, then it must write a suitable test driver configuration
 # into that file in addition to installing the driver.
-configvar CSI_PROW_DRIVER_VERSION "v1.3.0" "CSI driver version"
+configvar CSI_PROW_DRIVER_VERSION "v1.8.0" "CSI driver version"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DRIVER_REPO https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-driver-host-path "CSI driver repo"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DEPLOYMENT "" "deployment"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DEPLOYMENT_SUFFIX "" "additional suffix in kubernetes-x.yy[suffix].yaml files"
@@ -228,13 +228,16 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_VERSION "$(version_to_git "${CSI_PROW_KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_REPO "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes" "E2E repo"
 configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH "k8s.io/kubernetes" "E2E package"
 
+# Local path for e2e tests. Set to "none" to disable.
+configvar CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH "none" "CSI Sidecar E2E package"
+
 # csi-sanity testing from the csi-test repo can be run against the installed
 # CSI driver. For this to work, deploying the driver must expose the Unix domain
 # csi.sock as a TCP service for use by the csi-sanity command, which runs outside
 # of the cluster. The alternative would have been to (cross-)compile csi-sanity
 # and install it inside the cluster, which is not necessarily easier.
 configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_REPO https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test "csi-test repo"
-configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_VERSION v4.3.0 "csi-test version"
+configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_VERSION v5.0.0 "csi-test version"
 configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_PACKAGE_PATH github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test "csi-test package"
 configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_SERVICE "hostpath-service" "Kubernetes TCP service name that exposes csi.sock"
 configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_POD "csi-hostpathplugin-0" "Kubernetes pod with CSI driver"
@@ -282,13 +285,18 @@ tests_enabled () {
 sanity_enabled () {
     [ "${CSI_PROW_TESTS_SANITY}" = "sanity" ] && tests_enabled "sanity"
 }
+
+sidecar_tests_enabled () {
+  [ "${CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" != "none" ]
+}
+
 tests_need_kind () {
     tests_enabled "parallel" "serial" "serial-alpha" "parallel-alpha" ||
-        sanity_enabled
+        sanity_enabled || sidecar_tests_enabled
 }
 tests_need_non_alpha_cluster () {
     tests_enabled "parallel" "serial" ||
-        sanity_enabled
+        sanity_enabled || sidecar_tests_enabled
 }
 tests_need_alpha_cluster () {
     tests_enabled "parallel-alpha" "serial-alpha"
@@ -346,15 +354,23 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA "$(get_versioned_variable CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA "${csi
 # kubernetes-csi components must be updated, either by disabling
 # the failing test for "latest" or by updating the test and not running
 # it anymore for older releases.
-configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA_GATES_LATEST 'GenericEphemeralVolume=true,CSIStorageCapacity=true' "alpha feature gates for latest Kubernetes"
+configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA_GATES_LATEST '' "alpha feature gates for latest Kubernetes"
 configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA_GATES "$(get_versioned_variable CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA_GATES "${csi_prow_kubernetes_version_suffix}")" "alpha E2E feature gates"
 
+configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_GATES_LATEST '' "non alpha feature gates for latest Kubernetes"
+configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_GATES "$(get_versioned_variable CSI_PROW_E2E_GATES "${csi_prow_kubernetes_version_suffix}")" "non alpha E2E feature gates"
+
+# Focus for local tests run in the sidecar E2E repo. Only used if CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH
+# is not set to "none". If empty, all tests in the sidecar repo will be run.
+configvar CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_FOCUS '' "tags for local E2E tests"
+configvar CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_SKIP '' "local tests that need to be skipped"
+
 # Which external-snapshotter tag to use for the snapshotter CRD and snapshot-controller deployment
 default_csi_snapshotter_version () {
 	if [ "${CSI_PROW_KUBERNETES_VERSION}" = "latest" ] || [ "${CSI_PROW_DRIVER_CANARY}" = "canary" ]; then
 		echo "master"
 	else
-		echo "v3.0.2"
+		echo "v4.0.0"
 	fi
 }
 configvar CSI_SNAPSHOTTER_VERSION "$(default_csi_snapshotter_version)" "external-snapshotter version tag"
@@ -365,7 +381,7 @@ configvar CSI_SNAPSHOTTER_VERSION "$(default_csi_snapshotter_version)" "external
 # whether they can run with the current cluster provider, but until
 # they are, we filter them out by name. Like the other test selection
 # variables, this is again a space separated list of regular expressions.
-configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_SKIP 'Disruptive' "tests that need to be skipped"
+configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_SKIP '\[Disruptive\]|\[Feature:SELinux\]' "tests that need to be skipped"
 
 # This creates directories that are required for testing.
 ensure_paths () {
@@ -437,6 +453,10 @@ install_kind () {
 
 # Ensure that we have the desired version of the ginkgo test runner.
 install_ginkgo () {
+    if [ -e "${CSI_PROW_BIN}/ginkgo" ]; then
+        return
+    fi
+
     # CSI_PROW_GINKGO_VERSION contains the tag with v prefix, the command line output does not.
     if [ "v$(ginkgo version 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/.* //')" = "${CSI_PROW_GINKGO_VERSION}" ]; then
         return
@@ -935,12 +955,17 @@ install_e2e () {
         return
     fi
 
+    if sidecar_tests_enabled; then
+        run_with_go "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" go test -c -o "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-local.test" "${CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}"
+    fi
     git_checkout "${CSI_PROW_E2E_REPO}" "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" "${CSI_PROW_E2E_VERSION}" --depth=1 &&
     if [ "${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" = "k8s.io/kubernetes" ]; then
         patch_kubernetes "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}" &&
         go_version="${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_E2E:-$(go_version_for_kubernetes "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" "${CSI_PROW_E2E_VERSION}")}" &&
         run_with_go "$go_version" make WHAT=test/e2e/e2e.test "-C${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" &&
-        ln -s "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}/_output/bin/e2e.test" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}"
+        ln -s "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}/_output/bin/e2e.test" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}" &&
+        run_with_go "$go_version" make WHAT=vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo "-C${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" &&
+        ln -s "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}/_output/bin/ginkgo" "${CSI_PROW_BIN}"
     else
         run_with_go "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_E2E}" go test -c -o "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e.test" "${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}/test/e2e"
     fi
@@ -983,13 +1008,21 @@ run_e2e () (
     # the full Kubernetes E2E testsuite while only running a few tests.
     move_junit () {
         if ls "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit_[0-9]*.xml 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
-            run_filter_junit -t="External.Storage|CSI.mock.volume" -o "${ARTIFACTS}/junit_${name}.xml" "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit_[0-9]*.xml && rm -f "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit_[0-9]*.xml
+            mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS}/junit/${name}" &&
+                mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS}/junit/steps" &&
+                run_filter_junit -t="External.Storage|CSI.mock.volume" -o "${ARTIFACTS}/junit/steps/junit_${name}.xml" "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit_[0-9]*.xml &&
+                mv "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit_[0-9]*.xml "${ARTIFACTS}/junit/${name}/"
         fi
     }
     trap move_junit EXIT
 
-    cd "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" &&
-    run_with_loggers env KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST="$(if [ -e "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list" ]; then echo "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list"; fi)" ginkgo -v "$@" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e.test" -- -report-dir "${ARTIFACTS}" -storage.testdriver="${CSI_PROW_WORK}/test-driver.yaml"
+    if [ "${name}" == "local" ]; then
+        cd "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" &&
+        run_with_loggers env KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST="$(if [ -e "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list" ]; then echo "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list"; fi)" ginkgo -v "$@" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-local.test" -- -report-dir "${ARTIFACTS}" -report-prefix local
+    else
+        cd "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" &&
+        run_with_loggers env KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST="$(if [ -e "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list" ]; then echo "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list"; fi)" ginkgo -v "$@" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e.test" -- -report-dir "${ARTIFACTS}" -storage.testdriver="${CSI_PROW_WORK}/test-driver.yaml"
+    fi
 )
 
 # Run csi-sanity against installed CSI driver.
@@ -1055,13 +1088,14 @@ kubectl exec "$pod" -c "${CSI_PROW_SANITY_CONTAINER}" -- /bin/sh -c "\${CHECK_PA
 EOF
 
     chmod u+x "${CSI_PROW_WORK}"/*dir_in_pod.sh
+    mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS}/junit/steps"
 
     # This cannot run in parallel, because -csi.junitfile output
     # from different Ginkgo nodes would go to the same file. Also the
     # staging and target directories are the same.
     run_with_loggers "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/csi-sanity" \
                      -ginkgo.v \
-                     -csi.junitfile "${ARTIFACTS}/junit_sanity.xml" \
+                     -csi.junitfile "${ARTIFACTS}/junit/steps/junit_sanity.xml" \
                      -csi.endpoint "dns:///$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' csi-prow-control-plane):$(kubectl get "services/${CSI_PROW_SANITY_SERVICE}" -o "jsonpath={..nodePort}")" \
                      -csi.stagingdir "/tmp/staging" \
                      -csi.mountdir "/tmp/mount" \
@@ -1091,7 +1125,8 @@ make_test_to_junit () {
     # Plain make-test.xml was not delivered as text/xml by the web
     # server and ignored by spyglass. It seems that the name has to
     # match junit*.xml.
-    out="${ARTIFACTS}/junit_make_test.xml"
+    out="${ARTIFACTS}/junit/steps/junit_make_test.xml"
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$out")"
     testname=
     echo "<testsuite>" >>"$out"
 
@@ -1254,7 +1289,8 @@ main () {
         fi
 
         if tests_need_non_alpha_cluster; then
-            start_cluster || die "starting the non-alpha cluster failed"
+            # Need to (re)create the cluster.
+            start_cluster "${CSI_PROW_E2E_GATES}" || die "starting the non-alpha cluster failed"
 
             # Install necessary snapshot CRDs and snapshot controller
             install_snapshot_crds
@@ -1300,11 +1336,24 @@ main () {
                         ret=1
                     fi
                 fi
+
+                if sidecar_tests_enabled; then
+                    if ! run_e2e local \
+                         -focus="${CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_FOCUS}" \
+                         -skip="$(regex_join "${CSI_PROW_E2E_SERIAL}")"; then
+                        warn "E2E sidecar failed"
+                        ret=1
+                    fi
+                fi
             fi
             delete_cluster_inside_prow_job non-alpha
         fi
 
-        if tests_need_alpha_cluster && [ "${CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA_GATES}" ]; then
+        # If the cluster for alpha tests doesn't need any feature gates, then we
+        # could reuse the same cluster as for the other tests. But that would make
+        # the flow in this script harder and wouldn't help in practice because
+        # we have separate Prow jobs for alpha and non-alpha tests.
+        if tests_need_alpha_cluster; then
             # Need to (re)create the cluster.
             start_cluster "${CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA_GATES}" || die "starting alpha cluster failed"
 
@@ -1341,8 +1390,8 @@ main () {
     fi
 
     # Merge all junit files into one. This gets rid of duplicated "skipped" tests.
-    if ls "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit_*.xml 2>/dev/null >&2; then
-        run_filter_junit -o "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/junit_final.xml" "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit_*.xml && rm "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit_*.xml && mv "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/junit_final.xml" "${ARTIFACTS}"
+    if ls "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit/steps/junit_*.xml 2>/dev/null >&2; then
+        run_filter_junit -o "${ARTIFACTS}/junit_final.xml" "${ARTIFACTS}"/junit/steps/junit_*.xml
     fi
 
     return "$ret"