diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 76c98de0384..d7a74bf481c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -104,9 +104,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
       - name: Install Kubectl
         run: |
-           STABLE_VERSION=$(yq '.channels[] | select(.name == "stable") | .latest | sub("\+.*", "")' channel.yaml)
-           curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/${STABLE_VERSION}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
-           sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+           set -euo pipefail
+           STABLE_VERSION=v1.34.6
+           KUBECTL_SHA256=3166155b17198c0af34ff5a360bd4d9d58db98bafadc6f3c2a57ae560563cd6b
+           curl -fsSLo ./kubectl "https://dl.k8s.io/release/${STABLE_VERSION}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+           echo "${KUBECTL_SHA256}  ./kubectl" | sha256sum -c -
+           sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+           rm -f ./kubectl
       - name: "Download k3s binary"
         uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8
         with: