diff --git a/pipelines/e2e/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh b/pipelines/e2e/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
index 7f7f317bd..591840330 100755
--- a/pipelines/e2e/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
+++ b/pipelines/e2e/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ main(){
   install_backupstores
   install_csi_snapshotter
 
+  scale_up_coredns
+
   # msg="failed to get package manager" error="operating systems amzn are not supported"
   if [[ "${TF_VAR_k8s_distro_name}" != "eks" ]] && \
     [[ "${DISTRO}" != "talos" ]]; then
diff --git a/pipelines/utilities/coredns.sh b/pipelines/utilities/coredns.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..172c71aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipelines/utilities/coredns.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+scale_up_coredns(){
+  if [[ "${TF_VAR_k8s_distro_name}" == "rke2" ]]; then
+    kubectl get configmap -n kube-system rke2-coredns-rke2-coredns-autoscaler -oyaml | sed 's/\"min\": 0/\"min\": 3/' | kubectl apply -n kube-system -f -
+  else
+    kubectl patch deployment coredns -n kube-system --type='merge' -p '{"spec": {"replicas": 3}}'
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh b/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
index b091c3a9b..66d79baa5 100755
--- a/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
+++ b/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ source test_framework/scripts/kubeconfig.sh
 source pipelines/utilities/longhorn_manifest.sh
 source pipelines/utilities/longhorn_ui.sh
 source pipelines/utilities/install_metrics_server.sh
+source pipelines/utilities/coredns.sh
 
 # create and clean tmpdir
 TMPDIR="/tmp/longhorn"
@@ -563,6 +564,8 @@ main(){
     enable_mtls
   fi
 
+  scale_up_coredns
+
   # msg="failed to get package manager" error="operating systems amzn are not supported"
   if [[ "${TF_VAR_k8s_distro_name}" != "eks" ]] && \
     [[ "${DISTRO}" != "talos" ]]; then