diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_ci.yml
index 7ad75d3d6..5e55feb16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_ci.yml
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ jobs:
         LINODE_CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_TYPE: g6-standard-2
         LINODE_MACHINE_TYPE: g6-standard-2
         CLUSTERCTL_CONFIG: /home/runner/work/cluster-api-provider-linode/cluster-api-provider-linode/e2e/clusterctl-config.yaml
+        E2E_SELECTOR: '--selector k3s'
 
     - name: Copy logs
       if: ${{ always() }}
diff --git a/e2e/k3s-capl-cluster/assert-child-cluster-resources.yaml b/e2e/k3s-capl-cluster/assert-child-cluster-resources.yaml
index b86e91c31..345fa407d 100644
--- a/e2e/k3s-capl-cluster/assert-child-cluster-resources.yaml
+++ b/e2e/k3s-capl-cluster/assert-child-cluster-resources.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: ($cluster)
 spec:
-  region: us-ord
+  region: (env('LINODE_REGION'))
   type: g6-standard-2
 status:
   ready: true