diff --git a/test/e2e/data/e2e_conf.yaml b/test/e2e/data/e2e_conf.yaml
index 9914f0eb09..6970e19207 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/e2e_conf.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/e2e_conf.yaml
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ variables:
   CNI: "../../data/cni/calico.yaml"
   CCM: "../../data/ccm/cloud-controller-manager.yaml"
   EXP_CLUSTER_RESOURCE_SET: "true"
+  IP_FAMILY: "ipv4"
   OPENSTACK_BASTION_IMAGE_NAME: "cirros-0.6.1-x86_64-disk"
   OPENSTACK_BASTION_IMAGE_URL: https://storage.googleapis.com/artifacts.k8s-staging-capi-openstack.appspot.com/test/cirros/2022-12-05/cirros-0.6.1-x86_64-disk.img
   OPENSTACK_BASTION_IMAGE_HASH: 0c839612eb3f2469420f2ccae990827f
diff --git a/test/e2e/suites/e2e/clusterctl_upgrade_test.go b/test/e2e/suites/e2e/clusterctl_upgrade_test.go
index 1af541d483..30be674888 100644
--- a/test/e2e/suites/e2e/clusterctl_upgrade_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/suites/e2e/clusterctl_upgrade_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ var _ = Describe("When testing clusterctl upgrades for CAPO (v0.11=>current) and
 			WorkloadFlavor:                    shared.FlavorCapiV1Beta1,
 			InitWithKubernetesVersion:         e2eCtx.E2EConfig.MustGetVariable(shared.KubernetesVersion),
 			InitWithRuntimeExtensionProviders: []string{"openstack-resource-controller:v1.0.2"},
+			UseKindForManagementCluster:       true,
 		}
 	})
 })
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ var _ = Describe("When testing clusterctl upgrades for CAPO (v0.12=>current) and
 			WorkloadFlavor:                    shared.FlavorCapiV1Beta1,
 			InitWithKubernetesVersion:         e2eCtx.E2EConfig.MustGetVariable(shared.KubernetesVersion),
 			InitWithRuntimeExtensionProviders: []string{"openstack-resource-controller:v1.0.2"},
+			UseKindForManagementCluster:       true,
 		}
 	})
 })
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ var _ = Describe("When testing clusterctl upgrades for CAPO (v0.13=>current) and
 			WorkloadFlavor:                    shared.FlavorDefault,
 			InitWithKubernetesVersion:         e2eCtx.E2EConfig.MustGetVariable(shared.KubernetesVersion),
 			InitWithRuntimeExtensionProviders: []string{"openstack-resource-controller:v1.0.2"},
+			UseKindForManagementCluster:       true,
 		}
 	})
 })