diff --git a/spartan/aztec-network/values/48-validators.yaml b/spartan/aztec-network/values/48-validators.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3dd5a2cadf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spartan/aztec-network/values/48-validators.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+validator:
+  debug: "aztec:*,-aztec:avm_simulator:*,-aztec:libp2p_service"
+  replicas: 48
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      memory: "512Mi"
+  validator:
+    disabled: false
+
+bootNode:
+  validator:
+    disabled: true
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/Earthfile b/yarn-project/end-to-end/Earthfile
index d334220f808..3c6d50a62f1 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/Earthfile
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/Earthfile
@@ -293,9 +293,11 @@ e2e-cli-wallet:
   RUN COMPOSE_FILE=scripts/docker-compose-wallet.yml ./scripts/e2e_compose_test.sh e2e_cli_wallet
 
 network-smoke:
+  ARG values_file
   LOCALLY
   RUN NAMESPACE=smoke FRESH_INSTALL=true FORCE_BUILD=$force_build VALUES_FILE=${values_file:-default.yaml} ./scripts/network_test.sh ./src/spartan/smoke.test.ts
 
 network-transfer:
+  ARG values_file
   LOCALLY
   RUN NAMESPACE=transfer FRESH_INSTALL=true FORCE_BUILD=$force_build VALUES_FILE=${values_file:-default.yaml} ./scripts/network_test.sh ./src/spartan/transfer.test.ts
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/network_test.sh b/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/network_test.sh
index b878ccbeeca..d757c45af80 100755
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/network_test.sh
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/network_test.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #   FRESH_INSTALL (default: "false")
 #   AZTEC_DOCKER_TAG (default: current git commit)
 
-set -eu
+set -eux
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ helm install spartan "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/spartan/aztec-network/" \
       --set test="$TEST" \
       --wait \
       --wait-for-jobs=true \
-      --timeout=10m
+      --timeout=30m
 
 kubectl wait pod -l app==pxe --for=condition=Ready -n "$NAMESPACE" --timeout=10m