diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-release/release-branch-jobs/1.18.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-release/release-branch-jobs/1.18.yaml
index 841877ad9a84..4fe45aa48177 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-release/release-branch-jobs/1.18.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-release/release-branch-jobs/1.18.yaml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ periodics:
       - --scenario=kubernetes_e2e
       - --
       - --deployment=node
-      - --gcp-project=k8s-jkns-ci-node-e2e
+      - --gcp-project=k8s-jkns-gke-gci-soak
       - --gcp-zone=us-west1-b
       - --node-args=--image-config-file=/workspace/test-infra/jobs/e2e_node/image-config.yaml
       - --node-test-args=--kubelet-flags="--cgroups-per-qos=true --cgroup-root=/"