diff --git a/.github/e2e-tests-olm/action.yaml b/.github/e2e-tests-olm/action.yaml
index fd125449..73c57541 100644
--- a/.github/e2e-tests-olm/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/e2e-tests-olm/action.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ inputs:
   kind-version:
     description: "kind version"
     required: false
-    default: 'v0.14.0'
+    default: 'v0.20.0'
   kind-image:
     description: "kind version"
     required: false
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/monitoring/thanos-querier/components.go b/pkg/controllers/monitoring/thanos-querier/components.go
index c28c22bf..67b11fb9 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/monitoring/thanos-querier/components.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/monitoring/thanos-querier/components.go
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ func thanosComponentReconcilers(thanos *msoapi.ThanosQuerier, sidecarUrls []stri
 func newThanosQuerierDeployment(name string, spec *msoapi.ThanosQuerier, sidecarUrls []string, thanosCfg ThanosConfiguration) *appsv1.Deployment {
 	args := []string{
 		"query",
-		"--grpc-address=127.0.0.1:10901",
-		"--http-address=127.0.0.1:9090",
 		"--log.format=logfmt",
 		"--query.replica-label=prometheus_replica",
 		"--query.auto-downsampling",
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ func newThanosQuerierDeployment(name string, spec *msoapi.ThanosQuerier, sidecar
 							Image: thanosCfg.Image,
 							Ports: []corev1.ContainerPort{
 								{
-									ContainerPort: 9090,
+									ContainerPort: 10902,
 									Name:          "metrics",
 								},
 							},
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ func newService(name string, namespace string) *corev1.Service {
 		Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
 			Ports: []corev1.ServicePort{
 				{
-					Port: 9090,
+					Port: 10902,
 					Name: "http",
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/assertions.go b/test/e2e/framework/assertions.go
index 9072696a..e6352ee9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/assertions.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/assertions.go
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ func WithPollInterval(d time.Duration) OptionFn {
 	}
 }
 
-// AssertResourceNeverExists asserts that a statefulset is never created for the duration of DefaultTestTimeout
+// AssertResourceNeverExists asserts that a resource is never created for the
+// duration of the timeout
 func (f *Framework) AssertResourceNeverExists(name, namespace string, resource client.Object, fns ...OptionFn) func(t *testing.T) {
 	option := AssertOption{
 		PollInterval: 5 * time.Second,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func (f *Framework) AssertResourceNeverExists(name, namespace string, resource c
 
 	return func(t *testing.T) {
 		//nolint
-		if err := wait.Poll(option.PollInterval, option.WaitTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), option.PollInterval, option.WaitTimeout, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 			key := types.NamespacedName{
 				Name:      name,
 				Namespace: namespace,
@@ -76,6 +77,35 @@ func (f *Framework) AssertResourceNeverExists(name, namespace string, resource c
 	}
 }
 
+// AssertResourceAbsent asserts that a resource is not present or, if present, is deleted
+// within the timeout
+func (f *Framework) AssertResourceAbsent(name, namespace string, resource client.Object, fns ...OptionFn) func(t *testing.T) {
+	option := AssertOption{
+		PollInterval: 5 * time.Second,
+		WaitTimeout:  DefaultTestTimeout,
+	}
+	for _, fn := range fns {
+		fn(&option)
+	}
+
+	return func(t *testing.T) {
+		//nolint
+		if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), option.PollInterval, option.WaitTimeout, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+			key := types.NamespacedName{
+				Name:      name,
+				Namespace: namespace,
+			}
+			if err := f.K8sClient.Get(context.Background(), key, resource); errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("resource %s/%s should not be present", namespace, name)
+		}); wait.Interrupted(err) {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // AssertResourceEventuallyExists asserts that a resource is created duration a time period of customForeverTestTimeout
 func (f *Framework) AssertResourceEventuallyExists(name, namespace string, resource client.Object, fns ...OptionFn) func(t *testing.T) {
 	option := AssertOption{
@@ -113,8 +143,7 @@ func (f *Framework) AssertStatefulsetReady(name, namespace string, fns ...Option
 	}
 	return func(t *testing.T) {
 		key := types.NamespacedName{Name: name, Namespace: namespace}
-		//nolint
-		if err := wait.Poll(5*time.Second, option.WaitTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), option.PollInterval, option.WaitTimeout, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 			pod := &appsv1.StatefulSet{}
 			err := f.K8sClient.Get(context.Background(), key, pod)
 			return err == nil && pod.Status.ReadyReplicas == *pod.Spec.Replicas, nil
@@ -125,8 +154,11 @@ func (f *Framework) AssertStatefulsetReady(name, namespace string, fns ...Option
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) GetResourceWithRetry(t *testing.T, name, namespace string, obj client.Object) {
-	//nolint
-	err := wait.Poll(5*time.Second, DefaultTestTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
+	option := AssertOption{
+		PollInterval: 5 * time.Second,
+		WaitTimeout:  DefaultTestTimeout,
+	}
+	err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), option.PollInterval, option.WaitTimeout, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 		key := types.NamespacedName{Name: name, Namespace: namespace}
 
 		if err := f.K8sClient.Get(context.Background(), key, obj); errors.IsNotFound(err) {
@@ -238,7 +270,7 @@ func (f *Framework) GetStackWhenAvailable(t *testing.T, name, namespace string)
 	}
 	var lastErr error
 
-	err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second, DefaultTestTimeout+10*time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second, DefaultTestTimeout*2, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 		lastErr = nil
 		err := f.K8sClient.Get(context.Background(), key, &ms)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
index c8a5ec8e..eb02007e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	policyv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	policyv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ type Framework struct {
 func (f *Framework) StartPortForward(podName string, ns string, port string, stopChan chan struct{}) error {
 	roundTripper, upgrader, err := spdy.RoundTripperFor(f.Config)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error creating RoundTripper")
 	}
 
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/api/v1/namespaces/%s/pods/%s/portforward", ns, podName)
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func (f *Framework) StartPortForward(podName string, ns string, port string, sto
 	out, errOut := new(bytes.Buffer), new(bytes.Buffer)
 	forwarder, err := portforward.New(dialer, []string{port}, stopChan, readyChan, out, errOut)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create portforward")
 	}
 
 	go func() {
@@ -131,9 +132,9 @@ func (f *Framework) Evict(pod *corev1.Pod, gracePeriodSeconds int64) error {
 		GracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriodSeconds,
 	}
 
-	eviction := &policyv1beta1.Eviction{
+	eviction := &policyv1.Eviction{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-			APIVersion: policyv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+			APIVersion: policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
 			Kind:       "Eviction",
 		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ func (f *Framework) Evict(pod *corev1.Pod, gracePeriodSeconds int64) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return c.PolicyV1beta1().Evictions(pod.Namespace).Evict(context.Background(), eviction)
+	return c.PolicyV1().Evictions(pod.Namespace).Evict(context.Background(), eviction)
 }
 
 func (f *Framework) CleanUp(t *testing.T, cleanupFunc func()) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/monitoring_stack_controller_test.go b/test/e2e/monitoring_stack_controller_test.go
index 0418143a..6857666e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/monitoring_stack_controller_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/monitoring_stack_controller_test.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ func TestMonitoringStackController(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
+			assertPDBExpectedPodsAreHealthy(t, stackName+"-alertmanager", e2eTestNamespace)
 			assertAlertmanagersAreOnDifferentNodes(t, pods)
 			assertAlertmanagersAreResilientToDisruption(t, pods)
 		},
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ func singlePrometheusReplicaHasNoPDB(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NilError(t, err, "failed to update monitoring stack")
 
 	// ensure there is no pdb
-	f.AssertResourceNeverExists(pdbName, ms.Namespace, &pdb)(t)
+	f.AssertResourceAbsent(pdbName, ms.Namespace, &pdb)(t)
 }
 
 func assertPrometheusScrapesItself(t *testing.T) {
@@ -508,6 +509,21 @@ func assertAlertmanagersAreResilientToDisruption(t *testing.T, pods []corev1.Pod
 	}
 }
 
+func assertPDBExpectedPodsAreHealthy(t *testing.T, name, namespace string) {
+	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second, framework.DefaultTestTimeout, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		pdb := &policyv1.PodDisruptionBudget{}
+		key := types.NamespacedName{Name: name, Namespace: namespace}
+		err := f.K8sClient.Get(context.Background(), key, pdb)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return pdb.Status.CurrentHealthy == pdb.Status.ExpectedPods, nil
+
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func assertAlertmanagerReceivesAlerts(t *testing.T) {
 	ms := newMonitoringStack(t, "alerting")
 	if err := f.K8sClient.Create(context.Background(), ms); err != nil {
@@ -838,11 +854,12 @@ func namespaceSelectorTest(t *testing.T) {
 		err := deployDemoApp(t, ns, nsLabels, resourceLabels)
 		assert.NilError(t, err, "%s: deploying demo app failed", ns)
 	}
+	f.AssertStatefulsetReady("prometheus-"+stackName, e2eTestNamespace, framework.WithTimeout(5*time.Minute))(t)
 
 	stopChan := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(stopChan)
 	//nolint
-	if pollErr := wait.Poll(15*time.Second, framework.DefaultTestTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
+	if pollErr := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second, framework.DefaultTestTimeout*2, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 		err := f.StartServicePortForward(ms.Name+"-prometheus", e2eTestNamespace, "9090", stopChan)
 		return err == nil, nil
 	}); pollErr != nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/thanos_querier_controller_test.go b/test/e2e/thanos_querier_controller_test.go
index 4b25bce8..569dae09 100644
--- a/test/e2e/thanos_querier_controller_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/thanos_querier_controller_test.go
@@ -76,16 +76,17 @@ func singleStackWithSidecar(t *testing.T) {
 	stopChan := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(stopChan)
 	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second, 2*time.Minute, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-		err = f.StartServicePortForward(name, e2eTestNamespace, "9090", stopChan)
+		err = f.StartServicePortForward(name, e2eTestNamespace, "10902", stopChan)
 		return err == nil, nil
 	}); wait.Interrupted(err) {
-		t.Fatal(err)
+		t.Fatal("timeout waiting for port-forward")
 	}
 
-	promClient := framework.NewPrometheusClient("http://localhost:9090")
+	promClient := framework.NewPrometheusClient("http://localhost:10902")
 	expectedResults := map[string]int{
 		"prometheus_build_info": 2, // must return from both prometheus pods
 	}
+	var lastErr error
 	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second, 5*time.Minute, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 		correct := 0
 		for query, value := range expectedResults {
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ func singleStackWithSidecar(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			if len(result.Data.Result) > value {
-				resultErr := fmt.Errorf("invalid result for query %s, got %d, want %d", query, len(result.Data.Result), value)
-				return true, resultErr
+				lastErr = fmt.Errorf("invalid result for query %s, got %d, want %d", query, len(result.Data.Result), value)
+				return true, lastErr
 			}
 
 			if len(result.Data.Result) != value {
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ func singleStackWithSidecar(t *testing.T) {
 
 		return correct == len(expectedResults), nil
 	}); wait.Interrupted(err) {
-		t.Fatal(err)
+		t.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("querying thanos did not yield expected results: %w", lastErr))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/run-e2e.sh b/test/run-e2e.sh
index dd5ee113..42d8b38d 100755
--- a/test/run-e2e.sh
+++ b/test/run-e2e.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ declare SHOW_USAGE=false
 declare LOGS_DIR="tmp/e2e"
 declare OPERATORS_NS="operators"
 declare TEST_TIMEOUT="15m"
+declare RUN_REGEX=""
 
 cleanup() {
 	info "Cleaning up ..."
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ run_e2e() {
 	watch_obo_errors "$obo_error_log" &
 
 	local ret=0
-	go test -v -failfast -timeout $TEST_TIMEOUT ./test/e2e/... --retain=true | tee "$LOGS_DIR/e2e.log" || ret=1
+	go test -v -failfast -timeout $TEST_TIMEOUT ./test/e2e/... -run "$RUN_REGEX" -count 1 | tee "$LOGS_DIR/e2e.log" || ret=1
 
 	# terminte both log_events
 	{ jobs -p | xargs -I {} -- pkill -TERM -P {}; } || true
@@ -203,6 +204,11 @@ parse_args() {
 			OPERATORS_NS=$1
 			shift
 			;;
+		--run)
+			shift
+			RUN_REGEX=$1
+			shift
+			;;
 		*) return 1 ;; # show usage on everything else
 		esac
 	done
@@ -227,7 +233,9 @@ print_usage() {
 		  --no-builds      skip building operator images, useful when operator image is already
 		                   built and pushed
 		  --ns NAMESPACE   namespace to deploy operators (default: $OPERATORS_NS)
-		                   For running against openshift use --ns openshift-operators
+		                   for running against openshift use --ns openshift-operators
+                  --run REGEX      regex to limit which tests are run. See go help testflag -run entry
+                                   for details
 
 
 	EOF_HELP
@@ -337,6 +345,7 @@ print_config() {
 		  Skip Deploy: $NO_DEPLOY
 		  Operator namespace: $OPERATORS_NS
 		  Logs directory: $LOGS_DIR
+                  Run regex: $RUN_REGEX
 
 	EOF
 	line 50