diff --git a/integration-tests/common/test_common.go b/integration-tests/common/test_common.go
index 6cd3a776e..235a92098 100644
--- a/integration-tests/common/test_common.go
+++ b/integration-tests/common/test_common.go
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ func (m *OCRv2TestState) DeployCluster() {
 	// When running soak we need to use K8S
 	if *m.Common.TestConfig.Common.InsideK8s {
 		m.DeployEnv()
+		if m.Common.Env.WillUseRemoteRunner() {
+			return
+		}
 		// Setting RPC details
 		m.Common.RPCDetails.RPCL2External = m.Common.Env.URLs["starknet-dev"][0]
 		m.Common.RPCDetails.MockServerEndpoint = m.Common.Env.URLs["qa_mock_adapter_internal"][0]
diff --git a/integration-tests/scripts/entrypoint b/integration-tests/scripts/entrypoint
index 94ea19cc2..462aaaf2f 100755
--- a/integration-tests/scripts/entrypoint
+++ b/integration-tests/scripts/entrypoint
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"/../ || exit 1
 # SUITE=${SUITE:=} the suite of tests you want to run
 # TEST_NAME=${TEST_NAME:=} The specific test to run
 # run the tests
+nix develop -c helm repo update
 nix develop -c ./"${SUITE}".test -test.v -test.count 1 ${ARGS} -test.run ^${TEST_NAME}$
diff --git a/integration-tests/smoke/ocr2_test.go b/integration-tests/smoke/ocr2_test.go
index d8f2aa990..553fa9a2f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/smoke/ocr2_test.go
+++ b/integration-tests/smoke/ocr2_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&keepAlive, "keep-alive", false, "enable to keep the cluster alive")
 }
 
-func TestOCRBasicNew(t *testing.T) {
+func TestOCRBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		name string
 		env  map[string]string
diff --git a/integration-tests/test.Dockerfile b/integration-tests/test.Dockerfile
index aaf35e838..1c87a720e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/test.Dockerfile
+++ b/integration-tests/test.Dockerfile
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ ENV PATH="/repo/cairo-build/bin:/repo/scarb-build/bin:${PATH}"
 
 COPY . /repo/
 WORKDIR /repo
+RUN nix develop -c helm repo update
 RUN nix develop -c /repo/integration-tests/scripts/buildTests "${SUITES}"
 ENTRYPOINT ["/repo/integration-tests/scripts/entrypoint"]