diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5b84e976afc..a298576b119 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SHELL = /bin/bash
 TAG ?= $(shell git describe --exact-match 2>/dev/null)
 COMMIT = $(shell git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)$(shell [[ $$(git status --porcelain) = "" ]] || echo -dirty)
 ARO_IMAGE_BASE = ${RP_IMAGE_ACR}.azurecr.io/aro
-E2E_FLAGS ?= -test.v --ginkgo.v --ginkgo.timeout 180m --ginkgo.flake-attempts=2 --ginkgo.junit-report=e2e-report.xml
+E2E_FLAGS ?= -test.v --ginkgo.vv --ginkgo.timeout 180m --ginkgo.flake-attempts=2 --ginkgo.junit-report=e2e-report.xml
 GO_FLAGS ?= -tags=containers_image_openpgp,exclude_graphdriver_btrfs,exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper
 NO_CACHE ?= true
 
@@ -273,4 +273,4 @@ vendor:
 install-go-tools:
 	go install ${GOTESTSUM}
 
-.PHONY: admin.kubeconfig aks.kubeconfig aro az ci-portal clean client deploy dev-config.yaml discoverycache generate image-aro-multistage image-fluentbit image-proxy init-contrib lint-go runlocal-rp proxy publish-image-aro-multistage publish-image-fluentbit publish-image-proxy secrets secrets-update e2e.test tunnel test-e2e test-go test-python vendor build-all validate-go unit-test-go coverage-go validate-fips install-go-tools
\ No newline at end of file
+.PHONY: admin.kubeconfig aks.kubeconfig aro az ci-portal clean client deploy dev-config.yaml discoverycache generate image-aro-multistage image-fluentbit image-proxy init-contrib lint-go runlocal-rp proxy publish-image-aro-multistage publish-image-fluentbit publish-image-proxy secrets secrets-update e2e.test tunnel test-e2e test-go test-python vendor build-all validate-go unit-test-go coverage-go validate-fips install-go-tools
diff --git a/test/e2e/operator.go b/test/e2e/operator.go
index 4375b41cec7..00e2e77fc15 100644
--- a/test/e2e/operator.go
+++ b/test/e2e/operator.go
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ARO Operator - ImageConfig Reconciler", func() {
 	})
 })
 
-var _ = Describe("ARO Operator - dnsmasq", func() {
+var _ = Describe("ARO Operator - dnsmasq", Ordered, func() {
 	const (
 		timeout = 1 * time.Minute
 		polling = 10 * time.Second
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ARO Operator - dnsmasq", func() {
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	})
 
-	It("must handle the lifetime of the `99-${MCP}-custom-dns MachineConfig for every MachineConfigPool ${MCP}", Ordered, func(ctx context.Context) {
+	It("must handle the lifetime of the `99-${MCP}-custom-dns MachineConfig for every MachineConfigPool ${MCP}", func(ctx context.Context) {
 		It("should create an ARO DNS MachineConfig when creating a custom MachineConfigPool", func(ctx context.Context) {
 			Eventually(func(g Gomega, ctx context.Context) []string {
 				return getMachineConfigNames(g, ctx)