diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 87420c62c9..d19ea9b1b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     # runs every day at 6am UTC
     - cron: "0 6 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: '1.21.1'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 54a313c499..f9a9375de4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -117,9 +117,8 @@ test-short:
 
 ## test-e2e: Run end to end tests via knuu.
 test-e2e:
-	@version=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-	@echo "--> Running e2e tests on version: $version"
-	@KNUU_NAMESPACE=test E2E_VERSION=$version E2E=true go test ./test/e2e/... -timeout 30m
+	@echo "--> Running e2e tests on version: $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+	@KNUU_NAMESPACE=test E2E_VERSION=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD) E2E=true go test ./test/e2e/... -timeout 10m -v
 .PHONY: test-e2e
 
 ## test-race: Run tests in race mode.
diff --git a/test/e2e/simple_test.go b/test/e2e/simple_test.go
index 71433ad69d..dc668ad3b9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/simple_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/simple_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 const seed = 42
 
-var latestVersion = "v1.0.0-rc12"
+var latestVersion = "latest"
 
 // This test runs a simple testnet with 4 validators. It submits both MsgPayForBlobs
 // and MsgSends over 30 seconds and then asserts that at least 10 transactions were