diff --git a/.github/workflows/mtav7.0.2-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/mtav7.0.2-e2e.yaml
index 39d5c5e3..8fae1865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mtav7.0.2-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mtav7.0.2-e2e.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     steps:
       - name: Create k8s Kind Cluster
-        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.8.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.10.0
         with:
           cluster_name: kind
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
           # deploy the manifests created by the ${{ steps.build-image.outputs.image }} image
           kubectl apply -f manifests/
           sleep 5
-          kubectl get deployment mta-analysis -o jsonpath={.spec.template.spec.containers[]}
+          kubectl get deployment mta-analysis -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[]}'
           # give the pod time to start
           sleep 15
           kubectl get pods -o wide
diff --git a/experimental-e2e-tests-on-ubuntu-vm/ubuntuvm.sh b/experimental-e2e-tests-on-ubuntu-vm/ubuntuvm.sh
index 11212579..0f67eb7c 100755
--- a/experimental-e2e-tests-on-ubuntu-vm/ubuntuvm.sh
+++ b/experimental-e2e-tests-on-ubuntu-vm/ubuntuvm.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ sudo apt install make
 # yq
 sudo wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/bin/yq &&  sudo  chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
 
+#jq
+sudo apt-get install jq -y # needed for Ubuntu 22.04LTS
+
 # kind
 # For AMD64 / x86_64
 [ "$(uname -m)" = x86_64 ] && curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.22.0/kind-linux-amd64