diff --git a/e2e/pods_test.go b/e2e/pods_test.go
index 1a7e8de5..fc767374 100644
--- a/e2e/pods_test.go
+++ b/e2e/pods_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestPodLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	t.Log("clean up pod")
-	cmd = kubectl("delete", "deploy/vk-e2e-hpa")
+	cmd = kubectl("delete", "pod/vk-e2e-hpa", "--namespace=vk-test")
 	if out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(string(out))
 	}