diff --git a/e2e/e2e_test.go b/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 02bf70b..c51251a 100644
--- a/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -48,7 +49,18 @@ func TestE2e(t *testing.T) {
 
 	vmName := "fedora"
 
-	nerdctlOpt, err := option.New([]string{subject, "shell", vmName, "sudo", "-E", "nerdctl"})
+	var passThroughEnvVars []string
+
+	// Pass through COMPOSE_FILE for compose build test suite.
+	for _, envVar := range []string{"COMPOSE_FILE"} {
+		if val, ok := os.LookupEnv(envVar); ok {
+			passThroughEnvVars = append(passThroughEnvVars, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", envVar, val))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Add -E to sudo command in order to preserve existing environment variables, more info:
+	// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8633461/how-to-keep-environment-variables-when-using-sudo/8633575#8633575
+	nerdctlOpt, err := option.New([]string{subject, "shell", vmName, "sudo", "-E", "nerdctl"}, option.Env(passThroughEnvVars))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to initialize a testing option: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/e2e/go.mod b/e2e/go.mod
index e2ee319..2dbc4a5 100644
--- a/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/e2e/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22
 require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.20.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
-	github.com/runfinch/common-tests v0.7.22
+	github.com/runfinch/common-tests v0.8.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/e2e/go.sum b/e2e/go.sum
index c7213c6..8addba7 100644
--- a/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/e2e/go.sum
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1 h1:bJDPBO7ibjxcbHMgSCoo4Yj18UWbKDlLwX1x9sybDcw=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/runfinch/common-tests v0.7.22 h1:LnQiSrQmmYUIc600FVsMk265kPnzCeFw94DbbCVDOwo=
-github.com/runfinch/common-tests v0.7.22/go.mod h1:zzjBhz8poviFC3/kOmmJsUdiKGxMRoAh/AIUyy3YqGQ=
+github.com/runfinch/common-tests v0.8.0 h1:ctMpeHjUemEQaJ28EZ0oFsAxYopmhkslqQzd8pAoFYE=
+github.com/runfinch/common-tests v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Kf6ofmyppurRrGGaZVj43J++fDJ2wQ2lFRg8J6YYbwM=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 h1:74SYHlV8BIgHIFC/LrYkOGIwL19eTYXQ5wc6TBuO36I=