diff --git a/e2e/deployment.go b/e2e/deployment.go
index 12b86acda..bce180538 100644
--- a/e2e/deployment.go
+++ b/e2e/deployment.go
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ func (yrn *yamlResourceNamespaced) Do(action kubectlAction) error {
 
 	data = replaceLogLevelInTemplate(data)
 
+	// disable VGS alpha feature, TODO: remove this in next release (3.14.0)
+	data = disableVGSAlphaCLIArg(data)
+
 	if yrn.oneReplica {
 		data = oneReplicaDeployYaml(data)
 	}
diff --git a/e2e/utils.go b/e2e/utils.go
index 7e0f94d61..c02fc9d1c 100644
--- a/e2e/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/utils.go
@@ -820,6 +820,10 @@ func checkMountOptions(pvcPath, appPath string, f *framework.Framework, mountFla
 	return err
 }
 
+func disableVGSAlphaCLIArg(template string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(template, "- \"--enable-volume-group-snapshots=true\"", "")
+}
+
 func addTopologyDomainsToDSYaml(template, labels string) string {
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(template, "# - \"--domainlabels=failure-domain/region,failure-domain/zone\"",
 		"- \"--domainlabels="+labels+"\"")