diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cdd45b1752b1..0a32ef294c06 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/k3s-io/helm-controller v0.16.5
-	github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.13.4
+	github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.13.5
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.33.2
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.70
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 912db6c337e2..120b34b95955 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -962,8 +962,8 @@ github.com/k3s-io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.16-k3s1 h1:9c0DChFw6WRz6r+eCuVLBltZcRwT6h1
 github.com/k3s-io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.16-k3s1/go.mod h1:ynhyZZpdDp1Gq49jkUg5mfkDWZwXnn3eIqCqtJnrD/s=
 github.com/k3s-io/helm-controller v0.16.5 h1:SsUHfksQXNwePkswv4a970EGD2h0Exsf6t3IdXhpXRo=
 github.com/k3s-io/helm-controller v0.16.5/go.mod h1:AcSxEhOIUgeVvBTnJOAwcezBZXtYew/RhKwO5xp3RlM=
-github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.13.4 h1:x+cCyEd640pu5loX8ZD7FdtsZPXJXP0+mvuGmUZy8SI=
-github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.13.4/go.mod h1:OIG+kPc9cU+NDHnVm+aR0PyZYExdZWU+vlJynhH4haU=
+github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.13.5 h1:bVTcxCHJVUqeyz0mJenO+WFHkxtgD2aRwLt1JcJ0pq8=
+github.com/k3s-io/kine v0.13.5/go.mod h1:OIG+kPc9cU+NDHnVm+aR0PyZYExdZWU+vlJynhH4haU=
 github.com/k3s-io/klog/v2 v2.120.1-k3s1 h1:7twAHPFpZA21KdMnMNnj68STQMPldAxF2Zsaol57dxw=
 github.com/k3s-io/klog/v2 v2.120.1-k3s1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 github.com/k3s-io/kube-router/v2 v2.2.1 h1:LrU6l4khFt67+QCIvgok9B/C9JY/U2/TaF9TCVUw0vw=
diff --git a/tests/e2e/testutils.go b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
index 357e41992978..950a3c8af896 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testutils.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
@@ -314,22 +314,29 @@ func FetchNodeExternalIP(nodename string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func GenKubeConfigFile(serverName string) (string, error) {
-	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("vagrant ssh %s -c \"sudo cat /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml\"", serverName)
-	kubeConfig, err := RunCommand(cmd)
+	kubeConfigFile := fmt.Sprintf("kubeconfig-%s", serverName)
+	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("vagrant scp %s:/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml ./%s", serverName, kubeConfigFile)
+	_, err := RunCommand(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	kubeConfig, err := os.ReadFile(kubeConfigFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+
 	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)==> vagrant:.*\n`)
-	kubeConfig = re.ReplaceAllString(kubeConfig, "")
+	modifiedKubeConfig := re.ReplaceAllString(string(kubeConfig), "")
 	nodeIP, err := FetchNodeExternalIP(serverName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	kubeConfig = strings.Replace(kubeConfig, "127.0.0.1", nodeIP, 1)
-	kubeConfigFile := fmt.Sprintf("kubeconfig-%s", serverName)
-	if err := os.WriteFile(kubeConfigFile, []byte(kubeConfig), 0644); err != nil {
+	modifiedKubeConfig = strings.Replace(modifiedKubeConfig, "127.0.0.1", nodeIP, 1)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(kubeConfigFile, []byte(modifiedKubeConfig), 0644); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+
 	if err := os.Setenv("E2E_KUBECONFIG", kubeConfigFile); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -495,6 +502,9 @@ func RunCmdOnNode(cmd string, nodename string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	runcmd := "vagrant ssh " + nodename + " -c \"sudo " + injectEnv + cmd + "\""
 	out, err := RunCommand(runcmd)
+	// On GHA CI we see warnings about "[fog][WARNING] Unrecognized arguments: libvirt_ip_command"
+	// these are added to the command output and need to be removed
+	out = strings.ReplaceAll(out, "[fog][WARNING] Unrecognized arguments: libvirt_ip_command\n", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return out, fmt.Errorf("failed to run command: %s on node %s: %s, %v", cmd, nodename, out, err)
 	}