diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index d6047d67..e7a277f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install just
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@just
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: just ci-prepare
+        run: sudo env PATH=$PATH just ci-prepare
       - name: Build youki
         run: just youki-release
       - name: Upload youki binary
@@ -59,24 +59,23 @@ jobs:
           runc --version
       - name: Integration Test
         run: sudo make TEST_RUNTIME=io.containerd.runc.v2 TESTFLAGS="-timeout 40m" integration
-  #
-  # k8s-tests:
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-  #   needs: [youki-build]
-  #   timeout-minutes: 40
-  #   steps:
-  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-  #     - name: Download youki binary
-  #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-  #       with:
-  #         name: youki
-  #     - name: Add the permission to run
-  #       run: chmod +x ./youki
-  #     - name: test/k8s/deploy
-  #       run: make test/k8s/deploy
-  #     # - name: Debug
-  #     #   if: ${{ always() }}
-  #     #   uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+
+  k8s-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: [youki-build]
+    timeout-minutes: 40
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Download youki binary
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: youki
+      - name: Add the permission to run
+        run: chmod +x ./youki
+      - name: Install just
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@just
+      - name: test/k8s/deploy
+        run: just test-kind
 
   oci-validation-go:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install just
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@just
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: just ci-prepare
+        run: sudo env PATH=$PATH just ci-prepare
       - name: Download youki binary
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -127,4 +126,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: just runtimetest rust-oci-tests-bin
       - name: Validate tests on youki
-        run: just rust-oci-tests
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: just rust-oci-tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_tests_validation.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration_tests_validation.yaml
index 323e4c7c..400fdcd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_tests_validation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_tests_validation.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install just
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@just
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: just ci-prepare
+        run: sudo env PATH=$PATH just ci-prepare
       - name: Install runc 1.1.0
         run: |
           wget -q https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v1.1.0/runc.amd64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 43c42631..f77db876 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@just
 
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: just ci-prepare
+        run: sudo env PATH=$PATH just ci-prepare
 
       - name: Check formatting and lints
         run: just lint
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@just
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: just ci-prepare
+        run: sudo env PATH=$PATH just ci-prepare
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.wasmedge/lib
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           tool: cargo-llvm-cov@0.4.0
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@just
       - name: Install requirements
-        run: just ci-prepare
+        run: sudo env PATH=$PATH just ci-prepare
       - name: Run Test Coverage for youki
         run: |
           cargo llvm-cov clean --workspace
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 1e6c26da..fe98f100 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 alias build := youki-release
 alias youki := youki-dev
 
-ROOT := `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`
+KIND_CLUSTER_NAME := 'youki'
 
 # build
 
@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ build-all: youki-release rust-oci-tests-bin runtimetest
 
 # build youki in dev mode
 youki-dev:
-    ./scripts/build.sh -o {{ ROOT }} -c youki
+    {{ justfile_directory() }}/scripts/build.sh -o {{ justfile_directory() }} -c youki
 
 # build youki in release mode
 youki-release:
-    ./scripts/build.sh -o {{ ROOT }} -r -c youki
+    {{ justfile_directory() }}/scripts/build.sh -o . -r -c youki
 
 # build runtimetest binary
 runtimetest:
-    ./scripts/build.sh -o {{ ROOT }} -r -c runtimetest
+    {{ justfile_directory() }}/scripts/build.sh -o . -r -c runtimetest
 
 # build rust oci tests binary
 rust-oci-tests-bin:
-    ./scripts/build.sh -o {{ ROOT }} -r -c integration-test
+    {{ justfile_directory() }}/scripts/build.sh -o {{ justfile_directory() }} -r -c integration-test
 
 # Tests
 
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ featuretest:
 
 # run oci integration tests
 oci-tests: 
-    ./scripts/oci_integration_tests.sh {{ ROOT }}
+    ./scripts/oci_integration_tests.sh {{ justfile_directory() }}
 
 # run rust oci integration tests
 rust-oci-tests: youki-release runtimetest rust-oci-tests-bin
-    ./scripts/rust_integration_tests.sh {{ ROOT }}/youki
+    ./scripts/rust_integration_tests.sh ./youki
 
 # validate rust oci integration tests on runc
 validate-rust-oci-runc: runtimetest rust-oci-tests-bin
@@ -55,8 +55,37 @@ validate-rust-oci-runc: runtimetest rust-oci-tests-bin
 
 # run containerd integration tests
 containerd-test: youki-dev
-	VAGRANT_VAGRANTFILE=Vagrantfile.containerd2youki vagrant up
-	VAGRANT_VAGRANTFILE=Vagrantfile.containerd2youki vagrant provision --provision-with test
+    VAGRANT_VAGRANTFILE=Vagrantfile.containerd2youki vagrant up
+    VAGRANT_VAGRANTFILE=Vagrantfile.containerd2youki vagrant provision --provision-with test
+
+[private]
+kind-cluster: bin-kind
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -euxo pipefail
+
+    mkdir -p tests/k8s/_out/
+    docker buildx build -f tests/k8s/Dockerfile --iidfile=tests/k8s/_out/img --load .
+    image=$(cat tests/k8s/_out/img)
+    bin/kind create cluster --name {{ KIND_CLUSTER_NAME }} --image=$image
+
+# run youki with kind
+test-kind: kind-cluster
+    kubectl --context=kind-{{ KIND_CLUSTER_NAME }} apply -f tests/k8s/deploy.yaml
+    kubectl --context=kind-{{ KIND_CLUSTER_NAME }} wait deployment nginx-deployment --for condition=Available=True --timeout=90s
+    kubectl --context=kind-{{ KIND_CLUSTER_NAME }} get pods -o wide
+    kubectl --context=kind-{{ KIND_CLUSTER_NAME }} delete -f tests/k8s/deploy.yaml
+
+# Bin
+
+[private]
+bin-kind:
+	docker buildx build --output=bin/ -f tests/k8s/Dockerfile --target kind-bin .
+
+# Clean
+
+# Clean kind test env
+clean-test-kind:
+	kind delete cluster --name {{ KIND_CLUSTER_NAME }}
 
 # misc
 
@@ -79,7 +108,7 @@ format:
 
 # cleans up generated artifacts
 clean:
-    ./scripts/clean.sh {{ ROOT }}
+    ./scripts/clean.sh .
 
 # install tools used in dev
 dev-prepare:
@@ -95,8 +124,8 @@ ci-prepare:
         source /etc/lsb-release
         if [[ $DISTRIB_ID == "Ubuntu" ]]; then
             echo "System is Ubuntu"
-            sudo apt-get -y update
-            sudo apt-get install -y \
+            apt-get -y update
+            apt-get install -y \
                 pkg-config \
                 libsystemd-dev \
                 libdbus-glib-1-dev \
@@ -111,4 +140,4 @@ ci-prepare:
     fi
 
     echo "Unknown system. The CI is only configured for Ubuntu. You will need to forge your own path. Good luck!"
-    exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
+    exit 1
diff --git a/tests/k8s/Dockerfile b/tests/k8s/Dockerfile
index eacb6e9f..07295082 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/k8s/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ echo '   [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.youki.options]
 echo '     BinaryName = "/usr/local/bin/youki"' >> /etc/containerd/config.toml
 sed -i 's,SystemdCgroup = true,,' /etc/containerd/config.toml
 EOF
-COPY .github/scripts/dependency.sh .github/scripts/dependency.sh
-RUN apt-get update && .github/scripts/dependency.sh
+COPY justfile justfile
+RUN curl -o just.tar.gz -L https://github.com/casey/just/releases/download/1.14.0/just-1.14.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
+RUN tar zxvf just.tar.gz just
+RUN ./just ci-prepare
 COPY --link --from=shim /* /usr/local/bin/
 
diff --git a/tests/k8s/deploy.yaml b/tests/k8s/deploy.yaml
index 26874539..5ff80095 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/deploy.yaml
+++ b/tests/k8s/deploy.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ spec:
       runtimeClassName: youki
       containers:
       - name: nginx
-        image: nginx:1.16.1
+        image: nginx:alpine
         ports:
         - containerPort: 80