diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-release-26.0.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-release-26.0.yaml
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+name: End to End Tests - release-26.0
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - release-26.0
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - release-26.0
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+    - name: Create Kind Cluster
+      uses: helm/kind-action@v1.5.0
+      with:
+        cluster_name: kubernetes-python-e2e-release-26.0-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        # The kind version to be used to spin the cluster up
+        # this needs to be updated whenever a new Kind version is released
+        version: v0.17.0
+        # Update the config here whenever a new client snapshot is performed
+        # This would eventually point to cluster with the latest Kubernetes version
+        # as we sync with Kubernetes upstream
+        config: .github/workflows/kind-configs/cluster-1.26.yaml
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+        python -m pip install -r test-requirements.txt
+    - name: Install package
+      run: python -m pip install -e .
+    - name: Run End to End tests
+      run: pytest -vvv -s kubernetes/e2e_test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind-configs/cluster-1.26.yaml b/.github/workflows/kind-configs/cluster-1.26.yaml
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+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+nodes:
+- role: control-plane
+  image: kindest/node:v1.26.0@sha256:3264cbae4b80c241743d12644b2506fff13dce07fcadf29079c1d06a47b399dd
+- role: worker
+  image: kindest/node:v1.26.0@sha256:3264cbae4b80c241743d12644b2506fff13dce07fcadf29079c1d06a47b399dd