diff --git a/hack/test-e2e-provider-local.sh b/hack/test-e2e-provider-local.sh
index 3d52b90b..f7777425 100755
--- a/hack/test-e2e-provider-local.sh
+++ b/hack/test-e2e-provider-local.sh
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ yq -i e '(select (.helm.values.image) | .helm.values.image.repository) |= "docke
 
 kubectl apply --server-side --force-conflicts -f "$repo_root/tmp/controller-registration.yaml"
 
-echo '127.0.0.1 api.e2e-default.local.external.local.gardener.cloud' >> /etc/hosts
-echo '127.0.0.1 api.e2e-force-del.local.external.local.gardener.cloud' >> /etc/hosts
+echo '172.18.255.1 api.e2e-default.local.external.local.gardener.cloud' >> /etc/hosts
+echo '172.18.255.1 api.e2e-force-del.local.external.local.gardener.cloud' >> /etc/hosts
 
 # reduce flakiness in contended pipelines
 export GOMEGA_DEFAULT_EVENTUALLY_TIMEOUT=5s
diff --git a/test/e2e/common_test.go b/test/e2e/common_test.go
index 5b0ad051..e7f728ce 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common_test.go
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ func defaultShoot(generateName string) *gardencorev1beta1.Shoot {
 			SecretBindingName: pointer.String("local"),
 			CloudProfileName:  pointer.String("local"),
 			Kubernetes: gardencorev1beta1.Kubernetes{
-				Version:                     "1.26.0",
-				EnableStaticTokenKubeconfig: pointer.Bool(true),
+				Version:                     "1.29.0",
 				Kubelet: &gardencorev1beta1.KubeletConfig{
 					SerializeImagePulls: pointer.Bool(false),
 					RegistryPullQPS:     pointer.Int32(10),