diff --git a/cmd/k8s-operator/e2e/connector_test.go b/cmd/k8s-operator/e2e/connector_test.go
index 8f1d5ef47..d413b9022 100644
--- a/cmd/k8s-operator/e2e/connector_test.go
+++ b/cmd/k8s-operator/e2e/connector_test.go
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ func TestConnectorSubnetRouter(t *testing.T) {
 		if !slices.Contains(routes.Advertised, route) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("device %s does not advertise %s: %v", deviceID, route, routes.Advertised)
 		}
-		if !slices.Contains(routes.Enabled, route) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("route %s not yet enabled on device %s: %v", route, deviceID, routes.Enabled)
-		}
 		return nil
 	}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("verifying subnet router routes: %v", err)
diff --git a/cmd/k8s-operator/e2e/setup.go b/cmd/k8s-operator/e2e/setup.go
index 9762e5fb5..8be5f66bf 100644
--- a/cmd/k8s-operator/e2e/setup.go
+++ b/cmd/k8s-operator/e2e/setup.go
@@ -1086,6 +1086,12 @@ func createOrUpdate(ctx context.Context, cl client.Client, obj client.Object) er
 		if !apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 			return err
 		}
+		current := obj.DeepCopyObject().(client.Object)
+		if err := cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(obj), current); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		obj.SetResourceVersion(current.GetResourceVersion())
+		obj.SetFinalizers(current.GetFinalizers())
 		return cl.Update(ctx, obj)
 	}
 	return nil