From 0e0783f25eb621f65ddccc90f96d72d2242f23b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amanuel Engeda <74629455+engedaam@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 15:07:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ci: Flaky Start-up Taint Drift Test  (#4386)

---
 test/suites/drift/suite_test.go | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/suites/drift/suite_test.go b/test/suites/drift/suite_test.go
index f21fc7cdcef7..36108690b012 100644
--- a/test/suites/drift/suite_test.go
+++ b/test/suites/drift/suite_test.go
@@ -272,8 +272,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Drift", Label("AWS"), func() {
 				return nodes[i].CreationTimestamp.Before(&nodes[j].CreationTimestamp)
 			})
 			nodeTwo := nodes[1]
-			nodeTwo.Spec.Taints = []v1.Taint{}
-			env.ExpectCreatedOrUpdated(nodeTwo)
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				n := &v1.Node{}
+				g.Expect(env.Client.Get(env.Context, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(nodeTwo), n)).To(Succeed())
+				stored := n.DeepCopy()
+				n.Spec.Taints = []v1.Taint{}
+				g.Expect(env.Client.Patch(env.Context, n, client.MergeFrom(stored))).To(Succeed())
+			}).Should(Succeed())
 		}
 
 		env.EventuallyExpectNotFound(pod, node)