diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-main.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-main.yaml
index ea9d41819ed6..79347131ca0f 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-main.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-main.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ periodics:
     containers:
     - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20230127-9396ca613c-1.26
       command:
-      - "./scripts/ci-test.sh"
+      - runner.sh
+      - ./scripts/ci-test.sh
       resources:
         requests:
           cpu: 7300m
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ periodics:
     containers:
     - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20230127-9396ca613c-1.26
       command:
-      - "./scripts/ci-test.sh"
+      - runner.sh
+      - ./scripts/ci-test.sh
       env:
       # This value determines the minimum Kubernetes
       # supported version for Cluster API management cluster.