diff --git a/jobs/k8s-e2e-external-storage.yaml b/jobs/k8s-e2e-external-storage.yaml
index 8776f5f19..7ee3e6770 100644
--- a/jobs/k8s-e2e-external-storage.yaml
+++ b/jobs/k8s-e2e-external-storage.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
           only_run_on_request: false
       - '1.25':
           only_run_on_request: true
+      - '1.26':
+          only_run_on_request: true
     jobs:
       - 'k8s-e2e-external-storage-{k8s_version}'
 
diff --git a/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml b/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
index b70824438..e9902e9e2 100644
--- a/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
+++ b/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
           only_run_on_request: false
       - '1.25':
           only_run_on_request: true
+      - '1.26':
+          only_run_on_request: true
     jobs:
       - 'mini-e2e_k8s-{k8s_version}'
       - 'mini-e2e-helm_k8s-{k8s_version}'