diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 55c2fa51a5349..bcb19280d7a07 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ crossbuild-channels: channels-amd64 channels-arm64
 
 .PHONY: upload
 upload: version-dist # Upload kops to S3
-	aws s3 sync --acl public-read ${UPLOAD}/ ${S3_BUCKET}
+	aws s3 sync --no-progress --acl public-read ${UPLOAD}/ ${S3_BUCKET}
 
 # gcs-upload builds kops and uploads to GCS
 .PHONY: gcs-upload
diff --git a/hack/upload b/hack/upload
index 7179fc4fc3d9c..f1cbb0512eb4f 100755
--- a/hack/upload
+++ b/hack/upload
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if [[ "${DEST:0:5}" == "s3://" ]]; then
   if aws s3api get-bucket-ownership-controls --bucket "${bucket}" | grep -q "BucketOwnerEnforced" 2>/dev/null; then
     acl_flag=""
   fi
-  aws s3 sync ${acl_flag} ${SRC} ${DEST}
+  aws s3 sync --no-progress ${acl_flag} ${SRC} ${DEST}
   exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scenarios/bare-metal/start-vms b/tests/e2e/scenarios/bare-metal/start-vms
index 7e4497f753e55..4ba098fd7e7f8 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/scenarios/bare-metal/start-vms
+++ b/tests/e2e/scenarios/bare-metal/start-vms
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ go build -o ${BINDIR}/storage .
 sudo setcap cap_net_bind_service=ep ${BINDIR}/dhcp
 
 # Install software we need
+sudo apt-get update
 if ! genisoimage --version; then
   echo "Installing genisoimage"
   sudo apt-get install --yes genisoimage