diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yaml
index 5ced2fbef..752dfb11d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yaml
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: E2E Tests
       run: |
-        make deploy-ci NAMESPACE=mygatekeeper IMG=localhost:5000/gatekeeper-operator:$GITHUB_SHA
-        kubectl -n mygatekeeper wait deployment/gatekeeper-operator-controller --for condition=Available --timeout=90s
-        kubectl -n mygatekeeper logs deployment/gatekeeper-operator-controller -c manager -f > operator.log &
-        make test-e2e NAMESPACE=mygatekeeper
+        make deploy-ci NAMESPACE=gatekeeper-system IMG=localhost:5000/gatekeeper-operator:$GITHUB_SHA
+        kubectl -n gatekeeper-system wait deployment/gatekeeper-operator-controller --for condition=Available --timeout=90s
+        kubectl -n gatekeeper-system logs deployment/gatekeeper-operator-controller -c manager -f > operator.log &
+        make test-e2e NAMESPACE=gatekeeper-system
 
     - name: Debug
       if: ${{ failure() }}
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: E2E Tests
       run: |
-        make deploy-ci NAMESPACE=mygatekeeper IMG=localhost:5000/gatekeeper-operator:$GITHUB_SHA
-        kubectl -n mygatekeeper wait deployment/gatekeeper-operator-controller --for condition=Available --timeout=90s
-        kubectl -n mygatekeeper logs deployment/gatekeeper-operator-controller -c manager -f > operator.log &
-        make test-e2e NAMESPACE=mygatekeeper LABEL_FILTER=config
+        make deploy-ci NAMESPACE=gatekeeper-system IMG=localhost:5000/gatekeeper-operator:$GITHUB_SHA
+        kubectl -n gatekeeper-system wait deployment/gatekeeper-operator-controller --for condition=Available --timeout=90s
+        kubectl -n gatekeeper-system logs deployment/gatekeeper-operator-controller -c manager -f > operator.log &
+        make test-e2e NAMESPACE=gatekeeper-system LABEL_FILTER=config
 
     - name: Debug
       if: ${{ failure() }}
diff --git a/controllers/gatekeeper_controller_test.go b/controllers/gatekeeper_controller_test.go
index a9663cf66..5d269f015 100644
--- a/controllers/gatekeeper_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/gatekeeper_controller_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	test "github.com/gatekeeper/gatekeeper-operator/test/e2e/util"
 )
 
-var namespace = "mygatekeeper"
+var namespace = "gatekeeper-system"
 
 func TestDeployWebhookConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	g := NewWithT(t)
diff --git a/test/e2e/util/util.go b/test/e2e/util/util.go
index 681862fb3..f09610c60 100644
--- a/test/e2e/util/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/util/util.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ var DefaultDeployment = defaultConfig{
 			{
 				Key:      "kubernetes.io/metadata.name",
 				Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn,
-				Values:   []string{"mygatekeeper"},
+				Values:   []string{"gatekeeper-system"},
 			},
 		},
 	},