diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dade4f962..b0d2db79e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.3
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/test-network-function/test-network-function-claim v1.0.36
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9a4b0a7c4..146a3e84f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 h1:yi21YpKnrx1gt5R+la8n5WgS0kCrsPp33dmEyHReZr
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1/go.mod h1:irMmmIw/7yzSRPWryHsK7EYSg09caPQL03VsM8rvUec=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 h1:RrqgGjYQKalulkV8NGVIfkXQf6YYmOyiJKk8iXXhfZs=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18 h1:n56/Zwd5o6whRC5PMGretI4IdRLlmBXYNjScPaBgsbY=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18/go.mod h1:MOBLtS5ELjhRRrroQr9kyvTxUAFNvYEK993ew/Vr4O4=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.4 h1:Ugdm7cg7i6ZK6x3xDF1oEu1nfkyfH53EtKeQYTC3kyg=
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0/go.mod h1:GH9Y3pIexgf1MTIWtNGyogA5MwRIDXGUr+hbWNo
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 h1:GEiTHELF+vaR5dhz3VqZfFSzZjYbgeKDpBxQVS4GYJ0=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6-0.20210604193023-d5e0c0615ace h1:9PNP1jnUjRhfmGMlkXHjYPishpcw4jpSt/V/xYY3FMA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6-0.20210604193023-d5e0c0615ace/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
diff --git a/run-basic-batch-operators-test.sh b/run-basic-batch-operators-test.sh
index 4adc84bac..66cfd8cc8 100755
--- a/run-basic-batch-operators-test.sh
+++ b/run-basic-batch-operators-test.sh
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@ while IFS=, read -r package_name catalog; do
 
 	echo_color "$BLUE" "operator $package_name installed"
 
+	echo_color "$BLUE" "Wait to ensure all pods are running"
+	# Extra wait to ensure that all pods are running
+	sleep 30
+
+	echo_color "$BLUE" "Label deployments, statefulsets, pods"
 	# Label deployments, statefulsets and pods with "test-network-function.com/generic=target"
 	{
 		oc get deployment -n "$ns" -o custom-columns=':.metadata.name,:.metadata.namespace,:.kind' | sed '/^ *$/d' | awk '{print "  oc label " $3  " -n " $2 " " $1  " test-network-function.com/generic=target "}' | bash || true
@@ -459,10 +464,6 @@ while IFS=, read -r package_name catalog; do
 		oc get pods -n "$ns" -o custom-columns=':.metadata.name,:.metadata.namespace,:.kind' | sed '/^ *$/d' | awk '{print "  oc label " $3  " -n " $2 " " $1  " test-network-function.com/generic=target "}' | bash || true
 	} >>"$LOG_FILE_PATH" 2>&1
 
-	echo_color "$BLUE" "Wait to ensure all pods are running"
-	# Extra wait to ensure that all pods are running
-	sleep 30
-
 	# run tnf-container
 	echo_color "$BLUE" "run CNF suite"
 	TNF_LOG_LEVEL=trace ./run-tnf-container.sh -k "$KUBECONFIG" -t "$report_dir" -o "$report_dir" -c "$DOCKER_CONFIG" -l all >>"$LOG_FILE_PATH" 2>&1 || {