diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5df0ec9fd8e6..64768dfae671 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ prod-deploy-demo-eks:
     E2E_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH: /tmp/agent-qa-ssh-key
     E2E_KEY_PAIR_NAME: ci.open-elemetry-collector-contrib
     E2E_OUTPUT_DIR: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/e2e-output
+    E2E_PULUMI_VERBOSE_PROGRESS_STREAMS: true
   script:
     - cd e2e-tests && go test $TARGETS/... -v timeout 0 --args -docker_secret $(aws ecr get-login-password)
 
@@ -167,6 +168,6 @@ new-e2e-otel-collector:
   extends: .new_e2e_template
   needs: ['push-image-agent-qa']
   variables:
-    TARGETS: ./
+    TARGETS: ./tests
     TEAM: otel
 
diff --git a/e2e-tests/otel_test.go b/e2e-tests/tests/otel_test.go
similarity index 95%
rename from e2e-tests/otel_test.go
rename to e2e-tests/tests/otel_test.go
index 1fc03f8a4091..118d4d24e6e9 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/otel_test.go
+++ b/e2e-tests/tests/otel_test.go
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ func (v *otelSuite) TestExecute() {
 	}
 	assert.EventuallyWithT(v.T(), func(t *assert.CollectT) {
 		metricsName, err := v.Env().FakeIntake.Client().GetMetricNames()
-		assert.NoError(v.T(), err)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		fmt.Printf("metriiiics: %v", metricsName)
 		logs, err := v.Env().FakeIntake.Client().FilterLogs("")
 		for _, l := range logs {
 			fmt.Printf("logs	: %v", l.Tags)
 		}
 
-		assert.NoError(v.T(), err)
-		assert.NotEmpty(v.T(), metricsName)
-		assert.NotEmpty(v.T(), logs)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, metricsName)
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, logs)
 
 	}, 1*time.Minute, 10*time.Second)