diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index f231fc43..3b2e76a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ jobs:
     # - name: Validate gpu driver
     #   env:
     #     TEST_CASE: "./tests/cases/nvidia-driver.sh"
-    #     SSH_RETRY: "0"
+    #     USE_PRECOMPILED: "0"
     #   run: |
     #     sudo chmod 644 ${{ github.workspace }}/.cache/key
     #     echo "${{ secrets.AWS_SSH_KEY }}" > ${private_key} && chmod 400 ${private_key}
     #     rc=0
     #     for driver_version in ${DRIVER_VERSIONS}; do
     #       echo "Running e2e for DRIVER_VERSION=$driver_version"
-    #       ./tests/ci-run-e2e.sh ${TEST_CASE} ${COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${driver_version} ${SSH_RETRY} || status=$?
+    #       ./tests/ci-run-e2e.sh ${TEST_CASE} ${COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${driver_version} ${USE_PRECOMPILED} || status=$?
     #       if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
     #         echo "e2e validation failed for driver version $driver_version with status $status"
     #         rc=$status
@@ -110,21 +110,22 @@ jobs:
         rc=0
         for driver_version in ${DRIVER_VERSIONS}; do
           echo "Running e2e for DRIVER_VERSION=$driver_version"
-          export SSH_RETRY="1"
-          ./tests/ci-run-e2e.sh ${TEST_CASE_KERNEL_UPGRADE} ${driver_version} ${SSH_RETRY} || status=$?
+          export USE_PRECOMPILED="0"
+          ./tests/ci-run-e2e.sh ${TEST_CASE_KERNEL_UPGRADE} ${driver_version} ${USE_PRECOMPILED} || status=$?
           if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
             echo "Kernel upgrade failed"
             rc=$status
           else
             # system rebooted enable ssh retry
-            export SSH_RETRY="0"
+            export USE_PRECOMPILED="1"
             DRIVER_BRANCH=$(echo "${TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION}" | cut -d '.' -f 1)
-            source ./tests/scripts/.definitions.sh
-            mkdir -p logs
-            ./tests/scripts/pull.sh ${LOG_DIR}/kernel_version.txt logs/kernel_version.txt
-            source logs/kernel_version.txt
-            DRIVER_VERSION="${DRIVER_BRANCH}-${KERNEL_VERSION}-ubuntu22.04"
-            ./tests/ci-run-e2e.sh ${TEST_CASE} ${DRIVER_VERSION} ${SSH_RETRY} || status=$?
+            # SHIVA
+            # source ./tests/scripts/.definitions.sh
+            # mkdir -p logs
+            # ./tests/scripts/pull.sh ${LOG_DIR}/kernel_version.txt logs/kernel_version.txt
+            # source logs/kernel_version.txt
+            DRIVER_VERSION="${DRIVER_BRANCH}"
+            ./tests/ci-run-e2e.sh ${TEST_CASE} ${DRIVER_VERSION} ${USE_PRECOMPILED} || status=$?
             if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
               echo "e2e validation failed for driver version $DRIVER_VERSION with status $status"
               rc=$status
diff --git a/tests/ci-run-e2e.sh b/tests/ci-run-e2e.sh
index 5b6d0a80..c9543b0b 100755
--- a/tests/ci-run-e2e.sh
+++ b/tests/ci-run-e2e.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 set -xe
 
 if [[ $# -ne 3 ]]; then
-	echo "TEST_CASE TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION SSH_RETRY are required"
+	echo "TEST_CASE TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION USE_PRECOMPILED are required"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 export TEST_CASE=${1}
 export TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION=${2}
-export SSH_RETRY=${3}
+export USE_PRECOMPILED=${3}
 
 TEST_DIR="$(pwd)/tests"
 
diff --git a/tests/local.sh b/tests/local.sh
index 86918588..640c85ec 100755
--- a/tests/local.sh
+++ b/tests/local.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/scripts && pwd )"
 source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/.definitions.sh
 source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/.local.sh
 
+if [ "${USE_PRECOMPILED}" == "1" ]; then
+    remote_retry
+fi
+
 # Sync the project folder to the remote
 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/push.sh
 
@@ -24,4 +28,5 @@ remote SKIP_PREREQUISITES="${SKIP_PREREQUISITES}" ./tests/scripts/prerequisites.
 remote \
     PROJECT="${PROJECT}" \
         TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION="${TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION}" \
+        USE_PRECOMPILED="${USE_PRECOMPILED}" \
         ${TEST_CASE}
diff --git a/tests/scripts/.definitions.sh b/tests/scripts/.definitions.sh
index d34acefa..18d9670d 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/.definitions.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/.definitions.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CASES_DIR="$( cd "${TEST_DIR}/cases" && pwd )"
 
 : ${LOG_DIR:="/tmp/logs"}
 
-: ${SSH_RETRY:="0"}
+: ${USE_PRECOMPILED:="0"}
 : ${SYSTEM_ONLINE_CHECK_TIMEOUT:="900"}
 
 : ${BASE_TARGET:="jammy"}
diff --git a/tests/scripts/install-operator.sh b/tests/scripts/install-operator.sh
index 6a0eb027..64d85c26 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/install-operator.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/install-operator.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ echo "Current kernel version: $CURRENT_KERNEL"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/.definitions.sh
 
+if [ "${USE_PRECOMPILED}" == "1" ]; then
+	${SCRIPT_DIR}/findkernelversion.sh
+	source "${LOG_DIR}"/kernel_version.txt 
+	TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION="${TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION}-${KERNEL_VERSION}-ubuntu22.04"
+	OPERATOR_OPTIONS="${OPERATOR_OPTIONS} --set driver.usePrecompiled=true"
+fi
+
 OPERATOR_OPTIONS="${OPERATOR_OPTIONS} --set driver.repository=${PRIVATE_REGISTRY}/nvidia --set driver.version=${TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION}"
 
 # add helm driver repo 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/remote.sh b/tests/scripts/remote.sh
index 37b7da92..dcd8cf9c 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/remote.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/remote.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,3 @@ source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/.local.sh
 
 # keep alive 60sec and timeout after 30 tries
 ssh -o ServerAliveInterval=60 -o ServerAliveCountMax=30 -i ${private_key} ${instance_hostname} "${@}"
-ssh_exit_status=$?
-if [ $ssh_exit_status -ne 0 ] && [ "$SSH_RETRY" == "1" ]; then
-    remote_retry
-fi
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