diff --git a/internal/k8stest/k8s_collector.go b/internal/k8stest/k8s_collector.go
index d607fd194e1a..87252ee687e6 100644
--- a/internal/k8stest/k8s_collector.go
+++ b/internal/k8stest/k8s_collector.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ func CreateCollectorObjects(t *testing.T, client *K8sClient, testID string, mani
 	manifestFiles, err := os.ReadDir(manifestsDir)
 	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "failed to read collector manifests directory %s", manifestsDir)
 	host := HostEndpoint(t)
+	if host == "" {
+		require.Fail(t, "host endpoint cannot be empty")
+	}
 	var podNamespace string
 	var podLabels map[string]any
 	createdObjs := make([]*unstructured.Unstructured, 0, len(manifestFiles))
diff --git a/internal/k8stest/k8s_data_helpers.go b/internal/k8stest/k8s_data_helpers.go
index 50be3a2336f5..3fbde5005eae 100644
--- a/internal/k8stest/k8s_data_helpers.go
+++ b/internal/k8stest/k8s_data_helpers.go
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ func HostEndpoint(t *testing.T) string {
 	network, err := client.NetworkInspect(ctx, "kind", types.NetworkInspectOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	for _, ipam := range network.IPAM.Config {
-		return ipam.Gateway
+		if ipam.Gateway != "" {
+			return ipam.Gateway
+		}
 	}
 	require.Fail(t, "failed to find host endpoint")
 	return ""
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go
index 942e9c98f94e..7520f06169b6 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ func newExpectedValue(mode int, value string) *expectedValue {
 //	make docker-otelcontribcol
 //	KUBECONFIG=/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing kind load docker-image otelcontribcol:latest
 func TestE2E_ClusterRBAC(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("skipping flaky test, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/33520")
 
 	testDir := filepath.Join("testdata", "e2e", "clusterrbac")
 
@@ -422,7 +421,6 @@ func TestE2E_ClusterRBAC(t *testing.T) {
 
 // Test with `filter::namespace` set and only role binding to collector's SA. We can't get node and namespace labels/annotations.
 func TestE2E_NamespacedRBAC(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("skipping flaky test, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/33520")
 
 	testDir := filepath.Join("testdata", "e2e", "namespacedrbac")
 
@@ -563,7 +561,6 @@ func TestE2E_NamespacedRBAC(t *testing.T) {
 // Test with `filter::namespace` set, role binding for namespace-scoped objects (pod, replicaset) and clusterrole
 // binding for node and namespace objects.
 func TestE2E_MixRBAC(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("skipping flaky test, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/33520")
 
 	testDir := filepath.Join("testdata", "e2e", "mixrbac")
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/e2e_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/e2e_test.go
index 543afb4ce1ec..8e3418c61b11 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/e2e_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/e2e_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ const testKubeConfig = "/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing"
 //	make docker-otelcontribcol
 //	KUBECONFIG=/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing kind load docker-image otelcontribcol:latest
 func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("skipping flaky test, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/33520")
 
 	var expected pmetric.Metrics
 	expectedFile := filepath.Join("testdata", "e2e", "expected.yaml")
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/testdata/e2e/expected.yaml b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/testdata/e2e/expected.yaml
index e641e7d50f2a..c52d7a66b703 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/testdata/e2e/expected.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/testdata/e2e/expected.yaml
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ resourceMetrics:
             stringValue: 1a5b9c371c8a7c5d8b0e56a82395aeee88523b1e2d96f17b4a6ae22bf11936bb
         - key: container.image.name
           value:
-            stringValue: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver
+            stringValue: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver-amd64
         - key: container.image.tag
           value:
             stringValue: v1.25.3
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ resourceMetrics:
             stringValue: 2e506922310bbf1ffb8dbbf56c04e540306f272b794d89ffbe776fe5e2fc148e
         - key: container.image.name
           value:
-            stringValue: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler
+            stringValue: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler-amd64
         - key: container.image.tag
           value:
             stringValue: v1.25.3
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ resourceMetrics:
             stringValue: 3baa03c525095d74e7ee24a5c4c42a4680b131f9b8a68f5e2e853ae569d97e4c
         - key: container.image.name
           value:
-            stringValue: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager
+            stringValue: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager-amd64
         - key: container.image.tag
           value:
             stringValue: v1.25.3
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ resourceMetrics:
             stringValue: 5cfead143bc88798f93fae8e05586b1191771477030fe89ed7bca288bb82c0aa
         - key: container.image.name
           value:
-            stringValue: registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy
+            stringValue: registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy-amd64
         - key: container.image.tag
           value:
             stringValue: v1.25.3
diff --git a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/e2e_test.go b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/e2e_test.go
index 78031c421677..4af2cb1e9c21 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/e2e_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver/e2e_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("skipping flaky test, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/33520")
 
 	k8sClient, err := k8stest.NewK8sClient(testKubeConfig)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/receiver/kubeletstatsreceiver/e2e_test.go b/receiver/kubeletstatsreceiver/e2e_test.go
index cb8b832e7114..ba5ace29985b 100644
--- a/receiver/kubeletstatsreceiver/e2e_test.go
+++ b/receiver/kubeletstatsreceiver/e2e_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 const testKubeConfig = "/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing"
 
 func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("skipping flaky test, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/33520")
 
 	var expected pmetric.Metrics
 	expectedFile := filepath.Join("testdata", "e2e", "expected.yaml")