diff --git a/tests/scripts/run-tests-gcp-vm.sh b/tests/scripts/run-tests-gcp-vm.sh
index 7f35e26c0b..4c9a8478e3 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/run-tests-gcp-vm.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/run-tests-gcp-vm.sh
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ if [ "${STOP_LONGEVITY}" = "true" ]; then
     printf "\n## Error Logs\n\n" >> $results
 
     ## ngf error logs
-    ngfErrText=$(gcloud logging read --project=${GKE_PROJECT} 'resource.labels.cluster_name='"${RESOURCE_NAME}"' AND resource.type=k8s_container AND resource.labels.container_name=nginx-gateway AND severity=ERROR AND SEARCH("error")' --format "value(textPayload)")
-    ngfErrJSON=$(gcloud logging read --project=${GKE_PROJECT} 'resource.labels.cluster_name='"${RESOURCE_NAME}"' AND resource.type=k8s_container AND resource.labels.container_name=nginx-gateway AND severity=ERROR AND SEARCH("error")' --format "value(jsonPayload)")
+    ngfErrText=$(gcloud logging read --project=${GKE_PROJECT} 'resource.labels.cluster_name='"${RESOURCE_NAME}"' AND resource.type=k8s_container AND resource.labels.container_name=nginx-gateway AND labels."k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/instance"=ngf-longevity AND severity=ERROR AND SEARCH("error")' --format "value(textPayload)")
+    ngfErrJSON=$(gcloud logging read --project=${GKE_PROJECT} 'resource.labels.cluster_name='"${RESOURCE_NAME}"' AND resource.type=k8s_container AND resource.labels.container_name=nginx-gateway AND labels."k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/instance"=ngf-longevity AND severity=ERROR AND SEARCH("error")' --format "value(jsonPayload)")
     printf "### nginx-gateway\n$ngfErrText\n$ngfErrJSON\n\n" >> $results
 
     ## nginx error logs
-    ngxErr=$(gcloud logging read --project=${GKE_PROJECT} 'resource.labels.cluster_name='"${RESOURCE_NAME}"' AND resource.type=k8s_container AND resource.labels.container_name=nginx AND severity=ERROR AND SEARCH("`[warn]`") OR SEARCH("`[error]`") OR SEARCH("`[emerg]`")' --format "value(textPayload)")
+    ngxErr=$(gcloud logging read --project=${GKE_PROJECT} 'resource.labels.cluster_name='"${RESOURCE_NAME}"' AND resource.type=k8s_container AND resource.labels.container_name=nginx AND labels."k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/instance"=ngf-longevity AND severity=ERROR AND SEARCH("`[warn]`") OR SEARCH("`[error]`") OR SEARCH("`[emerg]`")' --format "value(textPayload)")
     printf "### nginx\n$ngxErr\n\n" >> $results
 
     ## nginx non-200 responses (also filter out 499 since wrk cancels connections)
-    ngxNon200=$(gcloud logging read --project=${GKE_PROJECT} 'resource.labels.cluster_name='"${RESOURCE_NAME}"' AND resource.type=k8s_container AND resource.labels.container_name=nginx AND "GET" "HTTP/1.1" -"200" -"499" -"client prematurely closed connection"' --format "value(textPayload)")
+    ngxNon200=$(gcloud logging read --project=${GKE_PROJECT} 'resource.labels.cluster_name='"${RESOURCE_NAME}"' AND resource.type=k8s_container AND resource.labels.container_name=nginx AND labels."k8s-pod/app_kubernetes_io/instance"=ngf-longevity AND "GET" "HTTP/1.1" -"200" -"499" -"client prematurely closed connection"' --format "value(textPayload)")
     printf "$ngxNon200\n\n" >> $results
 fi
diff --git a/tests/suite/scripts/longevity-wrk.sh b/tests/suite/scripts/longevity-wrk.sh
index 20cf551d50..58312a1e1c 100755
--- a/tests/suite/scripts/longevity-wrk.sh
+++ b/tests/suite/scripts/longevity-wrk.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SVC_IP=$(kubectl -n nginx-gateway get svc ngf-test-nginx-gateway-fabric -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}')
+SVC_IP=$(kubectl -n nginx-gateway get svc ngf-longevity-nginx-gateway-fabric -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}')
 
 echo "${SVC_IP} cafe.example.com" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
 
diff --git a/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go b/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go
index a46b08d8ba..ecfc60c3ef 100644
--- a/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go
+++ b/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 type setupConfig struct {
+	releaseName  string
 	chartPath    string
 	gwAPIVersion string
 	deploy       bool
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ func setup(cfg setupConfig, extraInstallArgs ...string) {
 	}
 
 	installCfg := framework.InstallationConfig{
-		ReleaseName:     releaseName,
+		ReleaseName:     cfg.releaseName,
 		Namespace:       ngfNamespace,
 		ChartPath:       cfg.chartPath,
 		ServiceType:     *serviceType,
@@ -180,13 +181,13 @@ func setup(cfg setupConfig, extraInstallArgs ...string) {
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 }
 
-func teardown() {
+func teardown(relName string) {
 	if portFwdPort != 0 {
 		portForwardStopCh <- struct{}{}
 	}
 
 	cfg := framework.InstallationConfig{
-		ReleaseName: releaseName,
+		ReleaseName: relName,
 		Namespace:   ngfNamespace,
 	}
 
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 	localChartPath = filepath.Join(basepath, "deploy/helm-chart")
 
 	cfg := setupConfig{
+		releaseName:  releaseName,
 		chartPath:    localChartPath,
 		gwAPIVersion: *gatewayAPIVersion,
 		deploy:       true,
@@ -236,6 +238,12 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 		cfg.deploy = false
 	}
 
+	// use a different release name for longevity to allow us to filter on a specific label when collecting
+	// logs from GKE
+	if strings.Contains(labelFilter, "longevity") {
+		cfg.releaseName = "ngf-longevity"
+	}
+
 	setup(cfg)
 })
 
@@ -246,7 +254,12 @@ var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 
 	labelFilter := GinkgoLabelFilter()
 	if !strings.Contains(labelFilter, "longevity-setup") {
-		teardown()
+		relName := releaseName
+		if strings.Contains(labelFilter, "longevity-teardown") {
+			relName = "ngf-longevity"
+		}
+
+		teardown(relName)
 	}
 })
 
diff --git a/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go b/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go
index 401b8d9a91..0e5983401f 100644
--- a/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Upgrade testing", Label("nfr", "upgrade"), func() {
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		// this test is unique in that it needs to install the previous version of NGF,
 		// so we need to uninstall the version installed at the suite level, then install the custom version
-		teardown()
+		teardown(releaseName)
 
 		cfg := setupConfig{
 			chartPath:    "oci://ghcr.io/nginxinc/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric",