diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index da3d63addea8..79cc1dd95cfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ jobs:
         cache: false
     - name: Install yq
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install yq
+        sudo wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_arm64 -O /usr/bin/yq &&\
+        sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
     - name: "Download k3s image"
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with: