diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kind/kind-presubmits.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kind/kind-presubmits.yaml
index 0ccc4a5924d4..bb1c7df54a6b 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kind/kind-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kind/kind-presubmits.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ presubmits:
       preset-bazel-remote-cache-enabled: "true"
       preset-dind-enabled: "true"
       preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
-    always_run: false
+    always_run: true
     decorate: true
     extra_refs:
     - org: kubernetes
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ presubmits:
         - name: "PARALLEL"
           value: "true"
         - name: BUILD_TYPE
-          value: bazel
+          value: not-bazel
         command:
         - wrapper.sh
         - bash