diff --git a/.github/actions/zombienet-sdk/action.yml b/.github/actions/zombienet-sdk/action.yml
index 21ef90be69636..ab52ea7dca5eb 100644
--- a/.github/actions/zombienet-sdk/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/zombienet-sdk/action.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: k8s_auth
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        . /home/nonroot/zombie-net/scripts/ci/run-test-local-env-manager.sh
-        k8s_auth
-
     - name: common_vars
       shell: bash
       env:
@@ -61,6 +55,7 @@ runs:
         TEST_NAME: ${{ inputs.test }}
         PREFIX: ${{ inputs.prefix }}
       run: |
+          export ZOMBIE_K8S_CI_NAMESPACE=$(cat /data/namespace)
           ls -ltr ./artifacts
           cargo nextest run --archive-file ./artifacts/${PREFIX}-zombienet-tests.tar.zst --no-capture -- ${TEST_NAME}
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/zombienet/action.yml b/.github/actions/zombienet/action.yml
index 4c34e06b050e7..85f2de2e79ad0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/zombienet/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/zombienet/action.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: k8s_auth
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        . /home/nonroot/zombie-net/scripts/ci/run-test-local-env-manager.sh
-        k8s_auth
-
     - name: common_vars
       shell: bash
       env:
@@ -42,6 +36,7 @@ runs:
         LOCAL_PATH: ${{ inputs.local-dir }}
         CONCURRENCY: ${{ inputs.concurrency }}
       run: |
+        export ZOMBIE_K8S_CI_NAMESPACE=$(cat /data/namespace)
         /home/nonroot/zombie-net/scripts/ci/run-test-local-env-manager.sh \
           --local-dir="$(pwd)/$LOCAL_PATH" \
           --concurrency=$CONCURRENCY \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zombienet_cumulus.yml b/.github/workflows/zombienet_cumulus.yml
index e3a7eab060087..1d7c78afc9669 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zombienet_cumulus.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zombienet_cumulus.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ env:
   FF_DISABLE_UMASK_FOR_DOCKER_EXECUTOR: 1
   LOCAL_DIR: "./cumulus/zombienet/tests"
   GHA_CLUSTER_SERVER_ADDR: "https://kubernetes.default:443"
+  # use spot by default
+  X_INFRA_INSTANCE: "spot"
+  # don't retry sdk tests
+  NEXTEST_RETRIES: 0
+  KUBECONFIG: "/data/config"
+  ZOMBIE_CLEANER_DISABLED: 1
+
 
 # only run if we have changes in [subtrate, cumulus, polkadot] directories or this workflow.
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zombienet_substrate.yml b/.github/workflows/zombienet_substrate.yml
index 3e1d02e2037c2..13105136d4969 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zombienet_substrate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zombienet_substrate.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ env:
   FF_DISABLE_UMASK_FOR_DOCKER_EXECUTOR: 1
   LOCAL_DIR: "./substrate/zombienet"
   GHA_CLUSTER_SERVER_ADDR: "https://kubernetes.default:443"
+  # use spot by default
+  X_INFRA_INSTANCE: "spot"
+  # don't retry sdk tests
+  NEXTEST_RETRIES: 0
+  KUBECONFIG: "/data/config"
+  ZOMBIE_CLEANER_DISABLED: 1
+
 
   # DB generated from commit: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/commit/868788a5bff3ef94869bd36432726703fe3b4e96
   # TODO: As a workaround for https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/2568 the DB was generated in archive mode.
diff --git a/.github/zombienet-env b/.github/zombienet-env
index 92a6b2d5b412b..163364b2885ae 100644
--- a/.github/zombienet-env
+++ b/.github/zombienet-env
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-ZOMBIENET_IMAGE=docker.io/paritytech/zombienet:v1.3.126
-ZOMBIENET_RUNNER=zombienet-arc-runner
+ZOMBIENET_IMAGE=docker.io/paritytech/zombienet:v1.3.132
+ZOMBIENET_RUNNER=parity-zombienet
 PUSHGATEWAY_URL=http://prometheus-pushgateway.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:9091/metrics/job/zombie-metrics
 DEBUG=zombie,zombie::network-node,zombie::kube::client::logs
 ZOMBIE_PROVIDER=k8s
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3fe7bb2f3f251..514e23cc17456 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -28728,9 +28728,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zombienet-configuration"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9aabc9bb61ba954616b2d480a1a42eae0fdc6322c701f7b61a3836796eeed178"
+checksum = "42e734ceb92e298b509dd757c55607d1715e07ab3379e48d84f6880082b8d49c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -28749,9 +28749,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zombienet-orchestrator"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "006806f36101abc07822b55513e3009f00f7a48a3e708de909aad4749a6cfe70"
+checksum = "c9ae1ccac7bf93c94b458bca8ab9f43e000ad99be95f5c103f044b60f6561b5d"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -28782,9 +28782,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zombienet-prom-metrics-parser"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "48f1646c6c0968033d3808bfa91674f6a31f149491020bdbff3ad7e1d9ad0237"
+checksum = "f54a3dc97fa80db5278603d16e0b5156ab534cbc0f30e2116c16424622ecbe4e"
 dependencies = [
  "pest",
  "pest_derive",
@@ -28793,9 +28793,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zombienet-provider"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3feea6d1ac0e3e4f2724e386c3034ee10af2afc7168dde9f091337ad2218ace5"
+checksum = "77a8cc8dd76e23460a0e8d33ad3e9747a91854a499c07dc2bc6ee18248df3e59"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -28824,9 +28824,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zombienet-sdk"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4fc3ec1a08203cf2b96c5ecc84ae8c850ec0c744f4e682abd79b2846f981e5c2"
+checksum = "4f1f20ac187b9591649a4efea38acc7b93f93fb79d843bc00a591d7bf55a3ff9"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "futures",
@@ -28842,9 +28842,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zombienet-support"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e057e2debab330e5a1a7d37bec91c260fd1486666a926074919c222c364ed67"
+checksum = "944d1bbd9c4063c7c88ac4531410ea1b197ae7d05fd83992738095d495b053f1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 414068a02ee62..ed9bab372237c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1464,8 +1464,8 @@ xcm-runtime-apis = { path = "polkadot/xcm/xcm-runtime-apis", default-features =
 xcm-simulator = { path = "polkadot/xcm/xcm-simulator", default-features = false }
 yet-another-parachain-runtime = { path = "cumulus/parachains/runtimes/testing/yet-another-parachain" }
 zeroize = { version = "1.7.0", default-features = false }
-zombienet-orchestrator = { version = "0.3.0" }
-zombienet-sdk = { version = "0.3.0" }
+zombienet-orchestrator = { version = "0.3.6" }
+zombienet-sdk = { version = "0.3.6" }
 zstd = { version = "0.12.4", default-features = false }
 
 [profile.release]