diff --git a/test/e2e-gloo.sh b/test/e2e-gloo.sh
index 954a1959..6d5036b3 100755
--- a/test/e2e-gloo.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-gloo.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
 echo '>>> Installing Gloo'
 helm repo add gloo https://storage.googleapis.com/solo-public-helm
+kubectl create ns gloo-system
 helm upgrade -i gloo gloo/gloo --version ${GLOO_VER} \
 --namespace gloo-system \
 --set discovery.enabled=true
diff --git a/test/e2e-istio.sh b/test/e2e-istio.sh
index 7d43a676..e368d804 100755
--- a/test/e2e-istio.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-istio.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ISTIO_VER="1.4.3"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
 echo ">>> Installing Istio ${ISTIO_VER}"
+kubectl create ns istio-system
 helm repo add istio.io https://storage.googleapis.com/istio-release/releases/${ISTIO_VER}/charts
 
 echo '>>> Installing Istio CRDs'
diff --git a/test/e2e-nginx.sh b/test/e2e-nginx.sh
index a4b0221b..cb506e64 100755
--- a/test/e2e-nginx.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-nginx.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 NGINX_VERSION=1.26.0
 
 echo '>>> Installing NGINX Ingress'
+kubectl create ns ingress-nginx
 helm upgrade -i nginx-ingress stable/nginx-ingress --version=${NGINX_VERSION} \
 --wait \
 --namespace ingress-nginx \