diff --git a/tests/e2e/mixedos/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/mixedos/Vagrantfile
index 7efee2e646..75c742bb07 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/mixedos/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/mixedos/Vagrantfile
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def provision(vm, role, role_num, node_num)
     # end
     # If using libvirt, use virt-viewer for GUI after bring up the node
     vm.provision :rke2, run: 'once' do |rke2|
-      rke2.env = [install_type]
+      rke2.env = install_type
       rke2.config_mode = '0644' # side-step https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/issues/4321
       # rke2.skip_start = true
       rke2.config = <<~YAML
diff --git a/tests/e2e/mixedos/mixedos_test.go b/tests/e2e/mixedos/mixedos_test.go
index e0ecae0c90..a798efee27 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/mixedos/mixedos_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/mixedos/mixedos_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 // Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2004, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
 var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2004", "operating system for linux nodes")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 1, "number of server nodes")
-var linuxAgentCount = flag.Int("linuxAgentCount", 0, "number of linux agent nodes")
+var linuxAgentCount = flag.Int("linuxAgentCount", 1, "number of linux agent nodes")
 var windowsAgentCount = flag.Int("windowsAgentCount", 1, "number of windows agent nodes")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
 var local = flag.Bool("local", false, "deploy a locally built RKE2")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/mixedosbgp/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/mixedosbgp/Vagrantfile
index d55219f247..6fe1e218c2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/mixedosbgp/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/mixedosbgp/Vagrantfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def provision(vm, role, role_num, node_num)
       install_type = "Version=#{RELEASE_VERSION}"
     else 
       vm.provision "shell", path: "../scripts/latest_commit.ps1", args: [GITHUB_BRANCH, "./rke2_commits.txt"]
-      install_type = "Commit=(Get-Content -TotalCount 1 ./rke2_commits.txt)"
+      install_type = "-Commit=(Get-Content -TotalCount 1 ./rke2_commits.txt)"
     end
   else
     if !RELEASE_VERSION.empty?
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def provision(vm, role, role_num, node_num)
     # end
     # If using libvirt, use virt-viewer for GUI after bring up the node
     vm.provision :rke2, run: 'once' do |rke2|
-      rke2.env = [install_type]
+      rke2.env = install_type
       rke2.config_mode = '0644' # side-step https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/issues/4321
       # rke2.skip_start = true
       rke2.config = <<~YAML
diff --git a/tests/e2e/testutils.go b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
index aa58e54d81..bb8dd3597b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testutils.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func genNodeEnvs(nodeOS string, serverCount, agentCount, windowsAgentCount int)
 		windowsAgentNames[i] = "windows-agent-" + strconv.Itoa(i)
 	}
 
-	nodeRoles := strings.Join(serverNodeNames, " ") + " " + strings.Join(agentNodeNames, " ") + strings.Join(windowsAgentNames, " ")
+	nodeRoles := strings.Join(serverNodeNames, " ") + " " + strings.Join(agentNodeNames, " ") + " " + strings.Join(windowsAgentNames, " ")
 	nodeRoles = strings.TrimSpace(nodeRoles)
 
 	nodeBoxes := strings.Repeat(nodeOS+" ", serverCount+agentCount)