diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 8b26fae1dd46..3df370d44c7e 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ steps:
     if [ "$DRONE_BUILD_EVENT" = "pull_request" ]; then
       cd ../upgradecluster
       vagrant destroy -f
-      E2E_RELEASE_CHANNEL="latest" go test -v -timeout=45m ./upgradecluster_test.go  -ci -local
+      go test -v -timeout=45m ./upgradecluster_test.go  -ci -local
       cp ./coverage.out /tmp/artifacts/upgrade-coverage.out
     fi
   - docker stop registry && docker rm registry
diff --git a/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/Vagrantfile
index 4ce45976043e..ec2275802c16 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/Vagrantfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ REGISTRY = (ENV['E2E_REGISTRY'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
 NODE_CPUS = (ENV['E2E_NODE_CPUS'] || 2).to_i
 NODE_MEMORY = (ENV['E2E_NODE_MEMORY'] || 2048).to_i
-GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
+GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "v1.30")
 # Virtualbox >= 6.1.28 require `/etc/vbox/network.conf` for expanded private networks 
 NETWORK_PREFIX = "10.10.11"
 install_type = ""