diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-k3s.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-k3s.yaml
index 6b14a9c97553..da3db0191729 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-k3s.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-k3s.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Build query-service image
+        env:
+          DEV_BUILD: 1
         run: make build-ee-query-service-amd64
 
       - name: Build frontend image