diff --git a/e2e/service_metadata_test.go b/e2e/service_metadata_test.go
index c35c3a5b9..c10a2d289 100644
--- a/e2e/service_metadata_test.go
+++ b/e2e/service_metadata_test.go
@@ -17,11 +17,48 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
 
 	capsulev1beta1 "github.com/clastix/capsule/api/v1beta1"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("adding metadata to Service objects", func() {
+	// Mocking EndpointSlice controller Cluster-Role in case it's missing
+	cr := &rbacv1.ClusterRole{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "system:controller:endpointslice-controller",
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := controllerutil.CreateOrUpdate(context.Background(), k8sClient, cr, func() error {
+		cr.Rules = []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+			{
+				Verbs:     []string{"get", "list", "watch"},
+				APIGroups: []string{""},
+				Resources: []string{"nodes", "pod", "services"},
+			},
+			{
+				Verbs:     []string{"update"},
+				APIGroups: []string{""},
+				Resources: []string{"services/finalizers"},
+			},
+			{
+				Verbs:     []string{"create", "delete", "get", "list", "update"},
+				APIGroups: []string{"discovery.k8s.io"},
+				Resources: []string{"endpointslices"},
+			},
+			{
+				Verbs:     []string{"create", "patch", "update"},
+				APIGroups: []string{"", "events.k8s.io"},
+				Resources: []string{"events"},
+			},
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
+
 	tnt := &capsulev1beta1.Tenant{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: "service-metadata",
@@ -93,8 +130,11 @@ var _ = Describe("adding metadata to Service objects", func() {
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		EventuallyCreation(func() error {
-			return k8sClient.Create(context.TODO(), svc)
+
+		EventuallyCreation(func() (err error) {
+			_, err = ownerClient(tnt.Spec.Owners[0]).CoreV1().Services(ns.GetName()).Create(context.Background(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+
+			return
 		}).Should(Succeed())
 
 		By("checking additional labels", func() {
@@ -109,6 +149,7 @@ var _ = Describe("adding metadata to Service objects", func() {
 				return true
 			}, defaultTimeoutInterval, defaultPollInterval).Should(BeTrue())
 		})
+
 		By("checking additional annotations", func() {
 			Eventually(func() (ok bool) {
 				Expect(k8sClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: svc.GetName(), Namespace: ns.GetName()}, svc)).Should(Succeed())
@@ -149,9 +190,13 @@ var _ = Describe("adding metadata to Service objects", func() {
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		EventuallyCreation(func() error {
-			return k8sClient.Create(context.TODO(), ep)
+
+		EventuallyCreation(func() (err error) {
+			_, err = ownerClient(tnt.Spec.Owners[0]).CoreV1().Endpoints(ns.GetName()).Create(context.Background(), ep, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+
+			return
 		}).Should(Succeed())
+
 		By("checking additional labels", func() {
 			Eventually(func() (ok bool) {
 				Expect(k8sClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: ep.GetName(), Namespace: ns.GetName()}, ep)).Should(Succeed())
@@ -164,6 +209,7 @@ var _ = Describe("adding metadata to Service objects", func() {
 				return true
 			}, defaultTimeoutInterval, defaultPollInterval).Should(BeTrue())
 		})
+
 		By("checking additional annotations", func() {
 			Eventually(func() (ok bool) {
 				Expect(k8sClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: ep.GetName(), Namespace: ns.GetName()}, ep)).Should(Succeed())
@@ -179,8 +225,7 @@ var _ = Describe("adding metadata to Service objects", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should apply them to EndpointSlice", func() {
-		maj, min, v := GetKubernetesSemVer()
-		if maj == 1 && min <= 16 {
+		if maj, min, v := GetKubernetesSemVer(); maj == 1 && min <= 16 {
 			Skip("Running test on Kubernetes " + v + ", doesn't provide EndpointSlice resource")
 		}
 
@@ -207,8 +252,10 @@ var _ = Describe("adding metadata to Service objects", func() {
 			},
 		}
 
-		EventuallyCreation(func() error {
-			return k8sClient.Create(context.TODO(), eps)
+		EventuallyCreation(func() (err error) {
+			_, err = ownerClient(tnt.Spec.Owners[0]).DiscoveryV1beta1().EndpointSlices(ns.GetName()).Create(context.Background(), eps, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+
+			return
 		}).Should(Succeed())
 
 		By("checking additional annotations EndpointSlice", func() {
@@ -223,6 +270,7 @@ var _ = Describe("adding metadata to Service objects", func() {
 				return true
 			}, defaultTimeoutInterval, defaultPollInterval).Should(BeTrue())
 		})
+
 		By("checking additional labels on EndpointSlice", func() {
 			Eventually(func() (ok bool) {
 				Expect(k8sClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: eps.GetName(), Namespace: ns.GetName()}, eps)).Should(Succeed())