diff --git a/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh b/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh
index f440d64d52..6e692c3a6e 100755
--- a/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh
+++ b/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ create_cluster() {
       apiServer_extra_args="${apiServer_extra_args}
       \"logging-format\": \"${CLUSTER_LOG_FORMAT}\""
   fi
-  kubelet_extra_args="      \"v\": \"${KIND_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL}\""
+  kubelet_extra_args="      \"v\": \"${KIND_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL}\"
+      \"container-log-max-files\": \"10\"
+      \"container-log-max-size\": \"100Mi\""
   KUBELET_LOG_FORMAT=${KUBELET_LOG_FORMAT:-$CLUSTER_LOG_FORMAT}
   if [ -n "$KUBELET_LOG_FORMAT" ]; then
       check_structured_log_support "KUBECTL_LOG_FORMAT"