diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-cloud-provider/gcp/gpu/gpu-gce.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-cloud-provider/gcp/gpu/gpu-gce.yaml
index 79838db35e9a..13e9ec6c2fb0 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-cloud-provider/gcp/gpu/gpu-gce.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-cloud-provider/gcp/gpu/gpu-gce.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ periodics:
       - --
       - --check-leaked-resources
       - --extract=ci/latest
+      - --env=KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME=docker
       - --gcp-node-image=gci
       - --gcp-project-type=gpu-project
       - --gcp-zone=us-west1-b