diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-precompiled.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-precompiled.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d838c563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-precompiled.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+# Copyright 2024 NVIDIA CORPORATION
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Pre-Compiled End-to-end tests
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '00 10 * * *' # as precompiled job runs daily at 9AM UTC
+  #SHIVA  
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - e2etestdriver
+
+jobs:
+  e2e-driver-version-compare:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      matrix_values_not_empty: ${{ steps.set_kernel_version.outputs.matrix_values_not_empty }}
+      matrix_values: ${{ steps.set_kernel_version.outputs.matrix_values }}
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Check out code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Set kernel version
+      id: set_kernel_version
+      env:
+        BASE_TARGET: "jammy"
+        DIST: "ubuntu22.04"
+      run: |
+        export PRIVATE_REGISTRY="ghcr.io"
+        DRIVER_VERSIONS=$(grep '^DRIVER_VERSIONS ?=' versions.mk | awk -F' ?= ' '{print $2}')
+        # currently azure image upgrade is failing
+        # KERNEL_FLAVORS=("aws" "azure" "generic" "nvidia" "oracle")
+        KERNEL_FLAVORS=("aws" "generic" "nvidia" "oracle")
+        echo "matrix_values_not_empty=0" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        kernel_versions=()
+        for KERNEL_FLAVOR in "${KERNEL_FLAVORS[@]}"; do
+          for driver_version in ${DRIVER_VERSIONS}; do
+            DRIVER_VERSION=$(echo "${driver_version}" | cut -d '.' -f 1)
+            source ./tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh "$BASE_TARGET" "${KERNEL_FLAVOR}" "$DRIVER_VERSION" "$DIST"
+            if [[ "$should_continue" == true ]]; then
+              echo "matrix_values_not_empty=1" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              break
+            fi
+          done
+          if [[ "$should_continue" == false ]]; then
+              echo "The last successful e2e-tests-nvidiadriver was on the same tag ($KERNEL_VERSION). Skipping e2e-tests-nvidiadriver."
+          else
+            # remove any space , newlines for json format
+            KERNEL_VERSION=$(echo "$KERNEL_VERSION" | tr -d ' \n')
+            kernel_versions+=("$KERNEL_VERSION")
+            echo "Proceeding with $KERNEL_FLAVOR $KERNEL_VERSION e2e-tests-nvidiadriver."
+          fi
+        done
+        # Convert array to JSON format and assign
+        echo "[]" > $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/matrix_values.json
+        printf '%s\n' "${kernel_versions[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -s . > $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/matrix_values.json
+        echo "matrix_values=$(cat $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/matrix_values.json | jq -c .)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  e2e-tests-nvidiadriver:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: e2e-driver-version-compare
+    if: ${{ needs.e2e-driver-version-compare.outputs.matrix_values_not_empty == '1' }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        kernel_version: ${{ fromJson(needs.e2e-driver-version-compare.outputs.matrix_values) }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Holodeck
+      uses: NVIDIA/holodeck@v0.2.1
+      env:
+        AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+        AWS_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SSH_KEY }}
+      with:
+        aws_access_key_id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+        aws_secret_access_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        aws_ssh_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SSH_KEY }}
+        holodeck_config: "tests/holodeck.yaml"
+
+    - name: Get public dns name
+      id: get_public_dns_name
+      uses: mikefarah/yq@master
+      with:
+        cmd: yq '.status.properties[] | select(.name == "public-dns-name") | .value' /github/workspace/.cache/holodeck.yaml
+
+    - name:  Set and Calculate test vars
+      run: |
+        echo "instance_hostname=ubuntu@${{ steps.get_public_dns_name.outputs.result }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "private_key=${{ github.workspace }}/key.pem" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "${{ secrets.AWS_SSH_KEY }}" > ${{ github.workspace }}/key.pem && chmod 400 ${{ github.workspace }}/key.pem
+        echo "COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        DRIVER_VERSIONS=$(grep '^DRIVER_VERSIONS ?=' versions.mk | awk -F' ?= ' '{print $2}')
+        echo "DRIVER_VERSIONS=$DRIVER_VERSIONS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "PRIVATE_REGISTRY=ghcr.io" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        KERNEL_VERSION="${{ matrix.kernel_version }}"
+        echo "KERNEL_VERSION=$KERNEL_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Precompiled e2e test upgrade kernel and Validate gpu driver
+      env:
+        UPGRADE_KERNEL_SCRIPT: "./tests/scripts/upgrade-kernel.sh"
+        TEST_CASE: "./tests/cases/nvidia-driver.sh"
+        OPERATOR_OPTIONS: "--set driver.repository=${{ env.PRIVATE_REGISTRY }}/nvidia --set driver.usePrecompiled=true"
+      run: |
+        rc=0
+        for driver_version in ${DRIVER_VERSIONS}; do
+          echo "Running e2e for DRIVER_VERSION=$driver_version"
+          DRIVER_VERSION=$(echo "${driver_version}" | cut -d '.' -f 1)
+          # Use ARG3=OPERATOR_OPTIONS as KERNEL_VERSION in case of kernel upgrade
+          status=0
+          ./tests/ci-run-e2e.sh "${UPGRADE_KERNEL_SCRIPT}" "${DRIVER_VERSION}" "${KERNEL_VERSION}" || status=$?
+          # On the target system, all scripts/test-case exit with code 1 for error handling.
+          # However, since reboot-related disconnections break the SSH connection
+          # and can cause the entire job to exit, we should ignore all errors except
+          # exit code 1. During a reboot, exit code 1 will not be thrown, so handling
+          # other errors as code 1 will ensure proper management of reboot scenarios
+          if [ $status -eq 1 ]; then
+            echo "e2e validation failed for driver branch $DRIVER_VERSION and kernel version $KERNEL_VERSION with status $status"
+            rc=$status
+            continue
+          fi
+          ./tests/scripts/remote_retry.sh || status=$?
+          if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
+              echo "Failed to connect to aws instance"
+              rc=$status
+              exit 1
+          fi
+          # sleep 120
+          ./tests/ci-run-e2e.sh "${TEST_CASE}" "${DRIVER_VERSION}" "${OPERATOR_OPTIONS}" || status=$?
+          if [ $status -eq 1 ]; then
+            echo "e2e validation failed for driver version $driver_version with status $status"
+            rc=$status
+          fi
+        done
+        ./tests/scripts/pull.sh /tmp/logs logs
+        exit $rc
+
+    - name: Archive test logs
+      if: ${{ failure() }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: nvidiadriver-Precompiled-e2e-test-logs
+        path: ./logs/
+        retention-days: 15
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 3c6e8690..264bc62a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -46,31 +46,33 @@ jobs:
       id: get_public_dns_name
       uses: mikefarah/yq@master
       with:
-        cmd: yq '.status.properties[] | select(.name == "public-dns-name") | .value' /github/workspace/.cache/holodeck.yaml  
+        cmd: yq '.status.properties[] | select(.name == "public-dns-name") | .value' /github/workspace/.cache/holodeck.yaml
 
     - name:  Set and Calculate test vars
       run: |
         echo "instance_hostname=ubuntu@${{ steps.get_public_dns_name.outputs.result }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "private_key=${{ github.workspace }}/key.pem" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "${{ secrets.AWS_SSH_KEY }}" > ${{ github.workspace }}/key.pem && chmod 400 ${{ github.workspace }}/key.pem
         echo "COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         DRIVER_VERSIONS=$(grep '^DRIVER_VERSIONS ?=' versions.mk | awk -F' ?= ' '{print $2}')
         echo "DRIVER_VERSIONS=$DRIVER_VERSIONS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        
+        echo "PRIVATE_REGISTRY=ghcr.io" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
     - name: Validate gpu driver
       env:
         TEST_CASE: "./tests/cases/nvidia-driver.sh"
+        OPERATOR_OPTIONS: "--set driver.repository=${{ env.PRIVATE_REGISTRY }}/nvidia"
       run: |
-        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} || status=$?
+          status=0
+          ./tests/ci-run-e2e.sh "${TEST_CASE}" "${COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${driver_version}" "${OPERATOR_OPTIONS}" || status=$?
           if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
             echo "e2e validation failed for driver version $driver_version with status $status"
             rc=$status
           fi
         done
-        source ./tests/scripts/.definitions.sh
         ./tests/scripts/pull.sh /tmp/logs logs
         exit $rc
 
@@ -80,4 +82,4 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: nvidiadriver-e2e-test-logs
         path: ./logs/
-        retention-days: 15  
+        retention-days: 15
diff --git a/tests/ci-run-e2e.sh b/tests/ci-run-e2e.sh
index 621a7a8e..c57f3360 100755
--- a/tests/ci-run-e2e.sh
+++ b/tests/ci-run-e2e.sh
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 set -xe
 
-if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
-	echo "TEST_CASE TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION are required"
+if [[ $# -ne 3 ]]; then
+	echo "TEST_CASE TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION OPERATOR_OPTIONS are required"
+	echo "Use OPERATOR_OPTIONS as KERNEL_FLAVOR in case of kernel upgrade"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-export TEST_CASE=${1}
-export TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION=${2}
-
+export TEST_CASE="${1}"
+export TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION="${2}"
+export OPERATOR_OPTIONS="${3}"
 
 TEST_DIR="$(pwd)/tests"
 
diff --git a/tests/local.sh b/tests/local.sh
index 86918588..67167522 100755
--- a/tests/local.sh
+++ b/tests/local.sh
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ remote SKIP_PREREQUISITES="${SKIP_PREREQUISITES}" ./tests/scripts/prerequisites.
 remote \
     PROJECT="${PROJECT}" \
         TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION="${TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION}" \
+        OPERATOR_OPTIONS=\"${OPERATOR_OPTIONS}\" \
         ${TEST_CASE}
diff --git a/tests/scripts/.definitions.sh b/tests/scripts/.definitions.sh
index f254bc00..e895680f 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/.definitions.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/.definitions.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ CASES_DIR="$( cd "${TEST_DIR}/cases" && pwd )"
  
 : ${TEST_NAMESPACE:="test-operator"}
 
-: ${PRIVATE_REGISTRY:="ghcr.io"}
-
 : ${HELM_NVIDIA_REPO:="https://helm.ngc.nvidia.com/nvidia"}
 
 : ${TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION:="550.90.07"}
@@ -24,3 +22,8 @@ CASES_DIR="$( cd "${TEST_DIR}/cases" && pwd )"
 : ${POD_STATUS_TIME_OUT:="2m"}
 
 : ${LOG_DIR:="/tmp/logs"}
+
+: ${OPERATOR_OPTIONS:="--set driver.repository=ghcr.io/nvidia"}
+: ${SYSTEM_ONLINE_CHECK_TIMEOUT:="900"}
+
+: ${BASE_TARGET:="jammy"}
diff --git a/tests/scripts/.local.sh b/tests/scripts/.local.sh
index 7971a404..f3d98b2f 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/.local.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/.local.sh
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
 function remote() {
     ${SCRIPT_DIR}/remote.sh "cd ${PROJECT} && "$@""
 }
+
+function remote_retry() {
+    ${SCRIPT_DIR}/remote_retry.sh
+}
diff --git a/tests/scripts/.rsync-excludes b/tests/scripts/.rsync-excludes
deleted file mode 100644
index 06c2f6ef..00000000
--- a/tests/scripts/.rsync-excludes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-vendor/
-.git
-cnt-ci
-key.pem
diff --git a/tests/scripts/.rsync-includes b/tests/scripts/.rsync-includes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f91de959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/.rsync-includes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+tests/
+tests/***
diff --git a/tests/scripts/end-to-end-nvidia-driver.sh b/tests/scripts/end-to-end-nvidia-driver.sh
index d272efab..ab2db9a1 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/end-to-end-nvidia-driver.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/end-to-end-nvidia-driver.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ${SCRIPT_DIR}/install-operator.sh
 
 "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/verify-operator.sh
 
-echo "--------------Verification completed for GPU Operator, uninstalling the operator--------------"
+echo "--------------Verification completed for GPU Operator, uninstalling the GPU operator--------------"
 
 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/uninstall-operator.sh ${TEST_NAMESPACE} "gpu-operator"
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh b/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..eae85a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ $# -ne 4 ]]; then
+	echo " BASE_TARGET DRIVER_BRANCH KERNEL_FLAVOR DIST are required"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+export BASE_TARGET="${1}"
+export KERNEL_FLAVOR="${2}"
+export DRIVER_BRANCH="${3}"
+export DIST="${4}"
+
+export REGCTL_VERSION=v0.4.7
+mkdir -p bin
+curl -sSLo bin/regctl https://github.com/regclient/regclient/releases/download/${REGCTL_VERSION}/regctl-linux-amd64
+chmod a+x bin/regctl
+export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:${PATH}
+
+# calculate kernel version of latest image
+regctl image get-file ghcr.io/nvidia/driver:base-${BASE_TARGET}-${KERNEL_FLAVOR}-${DRIVER_BRANCH} /var/kernel_version.txt ./kernel_version.txt
+export $(grep -oP 'KERNEL_VERSION=[^ ]+' ./kernel_version.txt)
+
+# calculate driver tag
+status=0
+regctl tag ls  "${PRIVATE_REGISTRY}"/nvidia/driver | grep "^${DRIVER_BRANCH}-${KERNEL_VERSION}-${DIST}$" || status=$?
+if [[ $status -eq 0 ]]; then
+    export should_continue=false
+else
+    export should_continue=true
+fi
+#SHIVA
+export should_continue=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/scripts/install-operator.sh b/tests/scripts/install-operator.sh
index 3acfcffb..b6785512 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/install-operator.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/install-operator.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ if [[ "${SKIP_INSTALL}" == "true" ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+echo "Checking current kernel version..."
+CURRENT_KERNEL=$(uname -r)
+echo "Current kernel version: $CURRENT_KERNEL"
+
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/.definitions.sh
 
-OPERATOR_OPTIONS="${OPERATOR_OPTIONS} --set driver.repository=${PRIVATE_REGISTRY}/nvidia --set driver.version=${TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION}"
+OPERATOR_OPTIONS="${OPERATOR_OPTIONS} --set driver.version=${TARGET_DRIVER_VERSION}"
 
 # add helm driver repo 
 helm repo add nvidia ${HELM_NVIDIA_REPO} && helm repo update
@@ -17,8 +21,8 @@ helm repo add nvidia ${HELM_NVIDIA_REPO} && helm repo update
 kubectl create namespace "${TEST_NAMESPACE}"
 
 # Run the helm install command
-echo "OPERATOR_OPTIONS: $OPERATOR_OPTIONS"
-${HELM} install gpu-operator  nvidia/gpu-operator \
+echo "OPERATOR_OPTIONS: ${OPERATOR_OPTIONS}"
+eval ${HELM} install gpu-operator  nvidia/gpu-operator \
 	-n "${TEST_NAMESPACE}" \
-	${OPERATOR_OPTIONS} \
+	"${OPERATOR_OPTIONS}" \
 		--wait
diff --git a/tests/scripts/kernel-upgrade-helper.sh b/tests/scripts/kernel-upgrade-helper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a3d8b4a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/kernel-upgrade-helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ "${SKIP_INSTALL}" == "true" ]]; then
+    echo "Skipping install: SKIP_INSTALL=${SKIP_INSTALL}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+source "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/.definitions.sh
+
+export KERNEL_VERSION="${OPERATOR_OPTIONS}"
+
+echo "Checking current kernel version..."
+CURRENT_KERNEL=$(uname -r)
+echo "Current kernel version: $CURRENT_KERNEL"
+
+if [ "${CURRENT_KERNEL}" != ${KERNEL_VERSION} ]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "--------------Upgrading kernel to ${KERNEL_VERSION}--------------"
+
+  # Set non-interactive frontend for apt and disable editor prompts
+  # Perform the installation non-interactively
+  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+  export EDITOR=/bin/true
+  echo 'debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive' | sudo debconf-set-selections
+
+  sudo apt-get update -y || true
+
+  # The removal of the currently running kernel (apt remove linux-image-*) sometimes works and sometimes does not.
+  # Occasionally, it requires two reboots, or an apt upgrade. However, removing all traces of the old/current
+  # kernel from the boot directory works consistently, which is why this approach has been adopted.
+  sudo rm -rf /boot/*${CURRENT_KERNEL}* || true
+  sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/*${CURRENT_KERNEL}*
+  sudo rm -rf /boot/*.old
+
+  #install new kernel
+  sudo  apt-get install --allow-downgrades linux-image-${KERNEL_VERSION} linux-headers-${KERNEL_VERSION}  linux-modules-${KERNEL_VERSION} -y || exit 1
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Kernel upgrade failed."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "update grub and initramfs..."
+  sudo update-grub || true
+  sudo update-initramfs -u -k ${KERNEL_VERSION} || true
+  echo "Rebooting ..."
+  # Run the reboot command with nohup to avoid abrupt SSH closure issues
+  nohup sudo reboot &
+
+  echo "--------------Kernel upgrade completed--------------"
+else
+  echo "--------------Kernel upgrade not required, current kernel version ${KERNEL_VERSION}--------------"
+fi
+
+# Exit with a success code since the reboot command was issued successfully
+exit 0
diff --git a/tests/scripts/remote_retry.sh b/tests/scripts/remote_retry.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f838884c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/remote_retry.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/.definitions.sh
+INTERVAL=30
+SECONDS_ELAPSED=0
+
+set +e
+# Function to handle timeout exit
+handle_timeout() {
+  echo "Failed to connect within the timeout period of $AWS_SYSTEM_ONLINE_CHECK_TIMEOUT seconds."
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# Set trap for timeout
+trap handle_timeout EXIT
+
+# sleep before to make connection persistent to handle restart of the system
+sleep 60;
+
+while [ $SECONDS_ELAPSED -lt $AWS_SYSTEM_ONLINE_CHECK_TIMEOUT ]; do
+ # Attempt to connect via SSH and ignore errors
+ status=0
+  (
+    ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 -i ${private_key}  ${instance_hostname} "exit"
+  ) >/dev/null 2>&1 
+  status=$?
+  if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Successfully connected to ${instance_hostname}."
+    trap - EXIT  # Disable the timeout trap since the connection was successful
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  sleep $INTERVAL
+  SECONDS_ELAPSED=$((SECONDS_ELAPSED + INTERVAL))
+  echo "ssh retry...elpased time $SECONDS_ELAPSED"
+done
diff --git a/tests/scripts/sync.sh b/tests/scripts/sync.sh
index cb020752..555d7b86 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/sync.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/sync.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/.local.sh
 
 rsync -e "ssh -i ${private_key} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" \
     -avz --delete \
-    --exclude-from="${SCRIPT_DIR}/.rsync-excludes" \
+    --include-from="${SCRIPT_DIR}/.rsync-includes" \
+    --exclude='*' \
         ${@}
         
diff --git a/tests/scripts/upgrade-kernel.sh b/tests/scripts/upgrade-kernel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e7d90ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/upgrade-kernel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# This test case runs the operator installation / test case with the default options.
+
+SCRIPTS_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../scripts && pwd )"
+source "${SCRIPTS_DIR}"/.definitions.sh
+
+# Run an end-to-end test cycle
+"${SCRIPTS_DIR}"/kernel-upgrade-helper.sh