diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-version-operator/openshift-cluster-version-operator-master-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-version-operator/openshift-cluster-version-operator-master-presubmits.yaml
index ad68bde6a7ebe..f52f229e04393 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-version-operator/openshift-cluster-version-operator-master-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-version-operator/openshift-cluster-version-operator-master-presubmits.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,63 @@ presubmits:
           name: prow-job-cluster-launch-installer-e2e
         name: job-definition
     trigger: '(?m)^/test (?:.*? )?e2e-aws(?: .*?)?$'
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - master
+    context: ci/prow/e2e-aws-upgrade
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    name: pull-ci-openshift-cluster-version-operator-master-e2e-aws-upgrade
+    rerun_command: /test e2e-aws-upgrade
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --artifact-dir=$(ARTIFACTS)
+        - --give-pr-author-access-to-namespace=true
+        - --secret-dir=/usr/local/e2e-aws-cluster-profile
+        - --target=e2e-aws-upgrade
+        - --template=/usr/local/e2e-aws-upgrade
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        env:
+        - name: CLUSTER_TYPE
+          value: aws
+        - name: CONFIG_SPEC
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              key: openshift-cluster-version-operator-master.yaml
+              name: ci-operator-configs
+        - name: INSTALL_INITIAL_RELEASE
+          value: "1"
+        - name: JOB_NAME_SAFE
+          value: e2e-aws-upgrade
+        - name: TEST_COMMAND
+          value: TEST_SUITE=all run-upgrade-tests
+        image: ci-operator:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /usr/local/e2e-aws-cluster-profile
+          name: cluster-profile
+        - mountPath: /usr/local/e2e-aws-upgrade
+          name: job-definition
+          subPath: cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: cluster-profile
+        projected:
+          sources:
+          - secret:
+              name: cluster-secrets-aws
+      - configMap:
+          name: prow-job-cluster-launch-installer-e2e
+        name: job-definition
+    trigger: '(?m)^/test (?:.*? )?e2e-aws-upgrade(?: .*?)?$'
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches: