diff --git a/test/e2e/test_helm_install_upgrade.go b/test/e2e/test_helm_install_upgrade.go
index 99cec50d..9e5bf858 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test_helm_install_upgrade.go
+++ b/test/e2e/test_helm_install_upgrade.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestHelmUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "DataPlane deployment is not patched after operator upgrade",
 					Func: func(c *assert.CollectT, cl *testutils.K8sClients) {
-						gatewayDataPlaneDeploymentIsNotPatched("gw-upgrade-latestminor-current=true")(ctx, c, cl.MgrClient)
+						gatewayDataPlaneDeploymentIsPatched("gw-upgrade-latestminor-current=true")(ctx, c, cl.MgrClient)
 					},
 				},
 				{
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func TestHelmUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "DataPlane deployment is not patched after operator upgrade",
 					Func: func(c *assert.CollectT, cl *testutils.K8sClients) {
-						gatewayDataPlaneDeploymentIsNotPatched("gw-upgrade-nightly-to-current=true")(ctx, c, cl.MgrClient)
+						gatewayDataPlaneDeploymentIsPatched("gw-upgrade-nightly-to-current=true")(ctx, c, cl.MgrClient)
 					},
 				},
 				{
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func TestHelmUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			// Repository is different for OSS and Enterprise images and it should be set accordingly.
-			var kgoImageRepository = "docker.io/kong/gateway-operator-oss"
+			kgoImageRepository := "docker.io/kong/gateway-operator-oss"
 			if helpers.GetDefaultDataPlaneBaseImage() == consts.DefaultDataPlaneBaseEnterpriseImage {
 				kgoImageRepository = "docker.io/kong/gateway-operator"
 			}