diff --git a/e2e/aks-runtime/aks_runtime_test.go b/e2e/aks-runtime/aks_runtime_test.go
index 4ec8f3a5d..7bd58d546 100644
--- a/e2e/aks-runtime/aks_runtime_test.go
+++ b/e2e/aks-runtime/aks_runtime_test.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func TestAKSRuntime(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pods, err := c.Client.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
 	require.NoError(err)
-	require.Len(pods.Items, 1)
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(len(pods.Items), 1)
 	pod := pods.Items[0] // only one pod was deployed
 
 	logs, err := c.Client.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).GetLogs(pod.Name, &corev1.PodLogOptions{}).DoRaw(ctx)