diff --git a/tests/integration/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/gha-run.sh
index 6abdafae2..cdbce7211 100755
--- a/tests/integration/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/gha-run.sh
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ function run_tests() {
     ensure_yq
 
     sed -i -e "s|quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy:latest|${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/${DOCKER_REPO}:${DOCKER_TAG}|g" "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml"
-    yq write -i "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" 'spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[+].name' "HOST_OS"
-    yq write -i "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" 'spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[-1].value' "${KATA_HOST_OS}"
+    if [ "${KATA_HOST_OS}" = "cbl-mariner" ]; then
+        yq write -i "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" 'spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[+].name' "HOST_OS"
+        yq write -i "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" 'spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[-1].value' "${KATA_HOST_OS}"
+    fi
     cat "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml"
     cat "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" | grep "${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/${DOCKER_REPO}:${DOCKER_TAG}" || die "Failed to setup the tests image"
 
@@ -131,6 +133,8 @@ function delete_cluster() {
 }
 
 function main() {
+    export KATA_HOST_OS="${KATA_HOST_OS:-}"
+
     action="${1:-}"
 
     case "${action}" in