diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 3eafa944..74f0fece 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 env:
   # Common versions
   GO_VERSION: '1.22.4'
-  GOLANGCI_VERSION: 'v1.56.1'
+  GOLANGCI_VERSION: 'v1.61.0'
   DOCKER_BUILDX_VERSION: 'v0.10.0'
 
   # Common users. We can't run a step 'if secrets.AWS_USR != ""' but we can run
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner in fs mode
-        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@fbd16365eb88e12433951383f5e99bd901fc618f # 0.12.0
+        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.28.0
         with:
           scan-type: 'fs'
           ignore-unfixed: true
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ jobs:
           BUILD_ARGS: "--load"
 
       - name: Run E2E Tests
-        run: make e2e USE_HELM3=true
+        run: make e2e USE_HELM3=true USE_HELM=true
 
   publish-artifacts:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 35277025..cc6d2407 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -108,6 +108,15 @@ cobertura:
 manifests:
 	@$(WARN) Deprecated. Please run make generate instead.
 
+# integration tests
+e2e.run: test-integration
+
+# Run integration tests.
+test-integration: $(KIND) $(KUBECTL) $(UP) $(HELM)
+	@$(INFO) running integration tests using kind $(KIND_VERSION)
+	@KIND_NODE_IMAGE_TAG=${KIND_NODE_IMAGE_TAG} $(ROOT_DIR)/cluster/local/integration_tests.sh || $(FAIL)
+	@$(OK) integration tests passed
+
 # Update the submodules, such as the common build scripts.
 submodules:
 	@git submodule sync