diff --git a/cluster-up/cluster/ephemeral-provider-common.sh b/cluster-up/cluster/ephemeral-provider-common.sh
index b89bc7b837..6f12c72122 100644
--- a/cluster-up/cluster/ephemeral-provider-common.sh
+++ b/cluster-up/cluster/ephemeral-provider-common.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ _cli="${_cri_bin} run --privileged --net=host --rm ${USE_TTY} -v ${_docker_socke
 if [ -d /lib/modules ]; then
     _cli="${_cli} -v /lib/modules/:/lib/modules/"
 fi
+
+# Workaround https://github.com/containers/conmon/issues/315 by not dumping file content to stdout
+if [ ${_cri_bin} == "podman" ]; then
+    _cli="${_cli} -v ${KUBEVIRTCI_CONFIG_PATH}/$KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER:/kubevirtci_config"
+fi
+
 _cli="${_cli} ${_cli_container}"
 
 function _main_ip() {
diff --git a/cluster-up/cluster/k8s-provider-common.sh b/cluster-up/cluster/k8s-provider-common.sh
index 84ee491aa0..0092272bbb 100644
--- a/cluster-up/cluster/k8s-provider-common.sh
+++ b/cluster-up/cluster/k8s-provider-common.sh
@@ -122,9 +122,16 @@ function up() {
     eval ${_cli:?} run $params
 
     # Copy k8s config and kubectl
-    ${_cli} scp --prefix ${provider_prefix:?} /usr/bin/kubectl - >${KUBEVIRTCI_CONFIG_PATH}/$KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER/.kubectl
+    # Workaround https://github.com/containers/conmon/issues/315 by not dumping the file to stdout for the time being
+    if [ ${_cri_bin} == "podman" ]; then
+        ${_cli} scp --prefix ${provider_prefix:?} /usr/bin/kubectl /kubevirtci_config/.kubectl
+        ${_cli} scp --prefix $provider_prefix /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf /kubevirtci_config/.kubeconfig
+    else
+        ${_cli} scp --prefix ${provider_prefix:?} /usr/bin/kubectl - >${KUBEVIRTCI_CONFIG_PATH}/$KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER/.kubectl
+        ${_cli} scp --prefix $provider_prefix /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf - >${KUBEVIRTCI_CONFIG_PATH}/$KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER/.kubeconfig
+    fi
+
     chmod u+x ${KUBEVIRTCI_CONFIG_PATH}/$KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER/.kubectl
-    ${_cli} scp --prefix $provider_prefix /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf - >${KUBEVIRTCI_CONFIG_PATH}/$KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER/.kubeconfig
 
     # Set server and disable tls check
     export KUBECONFIG=${KUBEVIRTCI_CONFIG_PATH}/$KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER/.kubeconfig