diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly-cron-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/weekly-cron-tests.yaml
index 57c3b93b9e..c12e9139d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly-cron-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly-cron-tests.yaml
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ jobs:
           ROLE_ARN: ${{ secrets.EKS_CLUSTER_ROLE_ARN }}
           RUN_CNI_INTEGRATION_TESTS: false
           RUN_KOPS_TEST: true
-          K8S_VERSION: 1.29.0-alpha.3
-          KOPS_VERSION: v1.29.0-alpha.3
+          K8S_VERSION: 1.30.0-beta.0
+          KOPS_VERSION: v1.28.4
+          KOPS_RUN_TOO_NEW_VERSION: 1
         run: |
           ./scripts/run-integration-tests.sh
         if: always()
diff --git a/scripts/lib/integration.sh b/scripts/lib/integration.sh
index f89cd4343d..7045a6aef9 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/integration.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib/integration.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ function run_kops_conformance() {
 
     wget -qO- https://dl.k8s.io/v$K8S_VERSION/kubernetes-test-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -zxvf - --strip-components=3 -C /tmp  kubernetes/test/bin/e2e.test
 
-    /tmp/e2e.test --ginkgo.focus="Conformance" --ginkgo.timeout 120m --kubeconfig=$KUBECONFIG --ginkgo.fail-fast  --ginkgo.flake-attempts 2 \
+    /tmp/e2e.test --ginkgo.focus="Conformance" --ginkgo.timeout 120m --kubeconfig=$KUBECONFIG --ginkgo.v --ginkgo.fail-fast  --ginkgo.flake-attempts 2 \
 	    --ginkgo.skip="(works for CRD with validation schema)|(ServiceAccountIssuerDiscovery should support OIDC discovery of service account issuer)|(should support remote command execution over websockets)|(should support retrieving logs from the container over websockets)|(Basic StatefulSet functionality [StatefulSetBasic])|\[Slow\]|\[Serial\]"
 
-    /tmp/e2e.test --ginkgo.focus="\[Serial\].*Conformance" --kubeconfig=$KUBECONFIG --ginkgo.fail-fast --ginkgo.flake-attempts 2 \
+    /tmp/e2e.test --ginkgo.focus="\[Serial\].*Conformance" --kubeconfig=$KUBECONFIG --ginkgo.v --ginkgo.fail-fast --ginkgo.flake-attempts 2 \
 	    --ginkgo.skip="(ServiceAccountIssuerDiscovery should support OIDC discovery of service account issuer)|(should support remote command execution over websockets)|(should support retrieving logs from the container over websockets)|\[Slow\]"
     echo "Kops conformance tests ran successfully!"