diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 147c3466..4fccb4c3 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ importers:
         version: link:../../sample-code
       '@sap-cloud-sdk/util':
         specifier: ^3.21.0
-        version: 3.21.0
+        version: 3.22.1
     devDependencies:
       '@types/async-retry':
         specifier: ^1.4.9
diff --git a/tests/e2e-tests/src/utils/cleanup-deployments.ts b/tests/e2e-tests/src/utils/cleanup-deployments.ts
index d414861f..b57e29f1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-tests/src/utils/cleanup-deployments.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e-tests/src/utils/cleanup-deployments.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { AiApiError } from '@sap-ai-sdk/ai-api';
 import {
   deleteDeployment,
   getDeployments,
-  modifyDeployment
+  stopDeployment
 } from '@sap-ai-sdk/sample-code';
 import { loadEnv } from './load-env.js';
 import {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ async function cleanupDeployments(): Promise<void> {
             targetStatus !== 'STOPPED' &&
             status !== 'UNKNOWN'
           ) {
-            await modifyDeployment(id, resourceGroup);
+            await stopDeployment(id, resourceGroup);
             await waitForDeploymentToReachStatus(id, 'STOPPED');
           } else if (status !== 'STOPPED' && targetStatus === 'STOPPED') {
             await waitForDeploymentToReachStatus(id, 'STOPPED');