diff --git a/test/e2e/go.mod b/test/e2e/go.mod
index 2d450843b..3150489df 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/test/e2e/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3 v3.219.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.0-alpha.1
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.36.0-alpha.1
+	k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.21.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
diff --git a/test/e2e/go.sum b/test/e2e/go.sum
index 57febfc0d..023e7ee5b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/test/e2e/go.sum
@@ -843,6 +843,8 @@ k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.3 h1:UZq4ipNimtzBmhN7PPKbfAdqo8quK0H0UdGl6qAQnqI=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.3/go.mod h1:O7MUmCqcKSd5xI+O5X7/pRkB5l0O2NIhOdUVwbHLXu4=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.36.0-alpha.1 h1:6LgGjlF/C1U7gVn43ugh9hDyR2ToGZk4zKMwIPocYh8=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.36.0-alpha.1/go.mod h1:lQ0Wzo39wPLju4QEVKX3WeLCvElRinyiHZjkeWy2gZ4=
+k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2 h1:JOxmv4FxrCIOS54kAABbN8/hA9jqGpns+Zc6soNgd8U=
+k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2/go.mod h1:OmM68YRko3DQ0sjlnWxzjQF9lcSLHJXuGMTo23rc7wI=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.3 h1:mbKbzoIMy7JDWS/wqZobYW1JDVRn/RKRaoMQHP9c4P0=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.3/go.mod h1:IZ8LEG30kPN4Et5NeC7vjNv5aU73ku5MS15iZyvyMYk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 h1:Tf+J3AH7xnUzZyVVXhTgGhEKnFqye14aadWv7bzXdzc=