diff --git a/e2e/Makefile b/e2e/Makefile
index fe312858..71eec5a9 100644
--- a/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/e2e/Makefile
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ KIND_VERSION = 0.23.0
 KUBERNETES_VERSION = 1.32.0
 CERT_MANAGER_VERSION = 1.15.3
 MYSQL_VERSION = 8.4.4
-GINKGO_VERSION = 2.20.2
 
 KIND := $(dir $(shell pwd))/bin/kind
 KUBECTL := $(dir $(shell pwd))/bin/kubectl
 KUSTOMIZE := $(dir $(shell pwd))/bin/kustomize
 KUBECTL_MOCO := $(dir $(shell pwd))/bin/kubectl-moco
-GINKGO := $(dir $(shell pwd))/bin/ginkgo
 KUBECONFIG := $(shell pwd)/.kubeconfig
 export MYSQL_VERSION KUBECTL KUBECONFIG
 
@@ -55,14 +53,14 @@ endif
 	$(KUBECTL) wait --timeout=90s --for=condition=Ready --all pods
 
 .PHONY: test
-test: $(GINKGO)
+test:
 	env PATH="$$(pwd)/../bin:$$PATH" RUN_E2E=1 \
-		$(GINKGO) -v --procs 5 --fail-fast --randomize-all --timeout 90m .
+		go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo run -v --procs 5 --fail-fast --randomize-all --timeout 90m .
 
 .PHONY: test-upgrade
-test-upgrade: $(GINKGO)
+test-upgrade:
 	env PATH=$$(pwd)/../bin:$$PATH RUN_E2E=1 UPGRADE=1 \
-		$(GINKGO) -v --procs 5 --fail-fast --randomize-all --timeout 90m .
+		go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo run -v --procs 5 --fail-fast --randomize-all --timeout 90m .
 
 .PHONY: logs
 logs:
@@ -95,6 +93,3 @@ $(KUBECTL_MOCO):
 	mkdir -p ../bin
 	cd ..; GOBIN=$$(pwd)/bin go install ./cmd/kubectl-moco
 
-$(GINKGO):
-	mkdir -p ../bin
-	cd ..; GOBIN=$$(pwd)/bin go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@v$(GINKGO_VERSION)