diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-metal3/openshift-cluster-api-provider-metal3-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-metal3/openshift-cluster-api-provider-metal3-main.yaml
index 0ef6856b1d478..dde213c474b75 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-metal3/openshift-cluster-api-provider-metal3-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-metal3/openshift-cluster-api-provider-metal3-main.yaml
@@ -78,10 +78,23 @@ tests:
   - intranet
   steps:
     cluster_profile: equinix-ocp-metal
+    env:
+      DEVSCRIPTS_CONFIG: |
+        BMO_WATCH_ALL_NAMESPACES="true"
+        NUM_EXTRA_WORKERS=1
+        EXTRA_WORKERS_NAMESPACE=openshift-cluster-api
+        FEATURE_SET=TechPreviewNoUpgrade
+        ENABLE_CAPI_E2E="true"
     test:
     - as: test
-      commands: make capi_e2e
-      from: src
+      commands: |
+        source "${SHARED_DIR}/packet-conf.sh"
+        # POC fix: strip resourceVersion/uid/creationTimestamp from secret before applying
+        # The error "object has been modified" is an optimistic concurrency error caused by
+        # these metadata fields being copied from the source secret
+        ssh "${SSHOPTS[@]}" "root@${IP}" "sed -i 's#oc apply -f -#sed -e \"/^  resourceVersion:/d\" -e \"/^  uid:/d\" -e \"/^  creationTimestamp:/d\" | oc apply -f -#g' /root/dev-scripts/setup_capi_e2e.sh"
+        ssh "${SSHOPTS[@]}" "root@${IP}" "cd /root/dev-scripts && make capi_e2e"
+      from: dev-scripts
       resources:
         requests:
           cpu: 100m