diff --git a/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml b/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
index dc394ba8d..2d6a956b6 100644
--- a/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
+++ b/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 - project:
     name: mini-e2e
     k8s_version:
-      - '1.18.5'
-      - '1.19.0'
+      - '1.18'
+      - '1.19'
     jobs:
       - 'mini-e2e_k8s-{k8s_version}'
       - 'mini-e2e-helm_k8s-{k8s_version}'
diff --git a/mini-e2e-helm.groovy b/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
index 0e19abd87..55924d7ce 100644
--- a/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
+++ b/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def ref = "master"
 def git_since = "master"
 def skip_e2e = 0
 def doc_change = 0
+def k8s_release = 'latest'
 def namespace = 'cephcsi-e2e-' + UUID.randomUUID().toString().split('-')[-1]
 
 // ssh executes a given command on the reserved bare-metal machine
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 		return
 	}
 
+	stage("detect k8s-${k8s_version} patch release") {
+		k8s_release = sh(
+			script: "./scripts/get_patch_release.py --version=${k8s_version}",
+			returnStdout: true).trim()
+		echo "detected Kubernetes patch release: ${k8s_release}"
+	}
+
 	stage('checkout PR') {
 		if (params.ghprbPullId != null) {
 			ref = "pull/${ghprbPullId}/head"
@@ -90,9 +98,9 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 			// build e2e.test executable
 			ssh 'cd /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi && make containerized-build CONTAINER_CMD=podman TARGET=e2e.test'
 		}
-		stage("deploy k8s v${k8s_version} and rook") {
+		stage("deploy k8s-${k8s_version} and rook") {
 			timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-				ssh "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=v${k8s_version}"
+				ssh "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=${k8s_release}"
 			}
 		}
 		stage('deploy ceph-csi through helm') {
diff --git a/mini-e2e.groovy b/mini-e2e.groovy
index 7a122f885..cecb03b75 100644
--- a/mini-e2e.groovy
+++ b/mini-e2e.groovy
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def ref = "master"
 def git_since = 'master'
 def skip_e2e = 0
 def doc_change = 0
+def k8s_release = 'latest'
 
 def ssh(cmd) {
 	sh "ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@${CICO_NODE} '${cmd}'"
@@ -34,6 +35,13 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 		return
 	}
 
+	stage("detect k8s-${k8s_version} patch release") {
+		k8s_release = sh(
+			script: "./scripts/get_patch_release.py --version=${k8s_version}",
+			returnStdout: true).trim()
+		echo "detected Kubernetes patch release: ${k8s_release}"
+	}
+
 	stage('checkout PR') {
 		if (params.ghprbPullId != null) {
 			ref = "pull/${ghprbPullId}/head"
@@ -87,9 +95,9 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 			// build e2e.test executable
 			ssh 'cd /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi && make containerized-build CONTAINER_CMD=podman TARGET=e2e.test'
 		}
-		stage("deploy k8s v${k8s_version} and rook") {
+		stage("deploy k8s-${k8s_version} and rook") {
 			timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-				ssh "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=v${k8s_version}"
+				ssh "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=${k8s_release}"
 			}
 		}
 		stage('run e2e') {