diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 447d09358e81..54482bcaafc6 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ steps:
           UPGRADE_CHANNEL="latest"
         fi
       fi
-      E2E_RELEASE_CHANNEL=$UPGRADE_CHANNEL go test -v -timeout=45m ./upgradecluster_test.go  -ci -local
+      E2E_RELEASE_CHANNEL=$UPGRADE_CHANNEL go test -v -timeout=45m ./upgradecluster_test.go  -ci -local -ginkgo.v
       cp ./coverage.out /tmp/artifacts/upgrade-coverage.out
     fi
   - docker stop registry && docker rm registry
diff --git a/.github/actions/vagrant-setup/action.yaml b/.github/actions/vagrant-setup/action.yaml
index 37f268809e20..74a1a1ce2814 100644
--- a/.github/actions/vagrant-setup/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/vagrant-setup/action.yaml
@@ -8,17 +8,15 @@ runs:
       run: |
         curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
         echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
-        sudo sed -i 's/^# deb-src/deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list
     - name: Install vagrant and libvirt
       shell: bash
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y libvirt-daemon libvirt-daemon-system vagrant
+        sudo apt-get install -y libvirt-daemon libvirt-daemon-system vagrant=2.4.1-1 ruby-libvirt
         sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd
-    - name: Build vagrant dependencies
+    - name: Install vagrant dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get build-dep -y vagrant ruby-libvirt
         sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libxslt-dev libxml2-dev libvirt-dev ruby-bundler ruby-dev zlib1g-dev
     # This is a workaround for the libvirt group not being available in the current shell
     # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/7670#issuecomment-1900711711
@@ -26,8 +24,6 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         sudo chmod a+rw /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock
-    
-
     - name: Install vagrant-libvirt plugin
       shell: bash
       run: vagrant plugin install vagrant-libvirt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 56b1328a1e01..3f8f41da58bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
       - "!tests/e2e**"
       - "!tests/docker**"
       - ".github/**"
+      - "!.github/actions/**"
       - "!.github/workflows/e2e.yaml"
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ on:
       - "!tests/e2e**"
       - "!tests/docker**"
       - ".github/**"
+      - "!.github/actions/**"
       - "!.github/workflows/e2e.yaml"
   workflow_dispatch: {}
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
   e2e:
     name: "E2E Tests"
     needs: build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 40
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml
index 5bbc00f2acce..33b42431ff15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Unit Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
diff --git a/pkg/flock/flock_unix.go b/pkg/flock/flock_unix.go
index 49b5465bced5..eb4253aa2621 100644
--- a/pkg/flock/flock_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/flock/flock_unix.go
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package flock
 
 import (
-	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
-
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
@@ -49,14 +46,3 @@ func AcquireShared(path string) (int, error) {
 func Release(lock int) error {
 	return unix.Flock(lock, unix.LOCK_UN)
 }
-
-// CheckLock checks whether any process is using the lock
-func CheckLock(path string) bool {
-	lockByte, _ := exec.Command("lsof", "-w", "-F", "ln", path).Output()
-	locks := string(lockByte)
-	if locks == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-	readWriteLock := strings.Split(locks, "\n")[2]
-	return readWriteLock == "lR" || readWriteLock == "lW"
-}
diff --git a/pkg/flock/flock_unix_test.go b/pkg/flock/flock_unix_test.go
index a47015fa17a1..7eb8794aea85 100644
--- a/pkg/flock/flock_unix_test.go
+++ b/pkg/flock/flock_unix_test.go
@@ -19,9 +19,22 @@ limitations under the License.
 package flock
 
 import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+// checkLock checks whether any process is using the lock
+func checkLock(path string) bool {
+	lockByte, _ := exec.Command("lsof", "-w", "-F", "lfn", path).Output()
+	locks := string(lockByte)
+	if locks == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	readWriteLock := strings.Split(locks, "\n")[2]
+	return readWriteLock == "lR" || readWriteLock == "lW"
+}
+
 func Test_UnitFlock(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
@@ -45,7 +58,7 @@ func Test_UnitFlock(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			if got := CheckLock(tt.path); got != tt.wantCheck {
+			if got := checkLock(tt.path); got != tt.wantCheck {
 				t.Errorf("CheckLock() = %+v\nWant = %+v", got, tt.wantCheck)
 			}
 
@@ -53,7 +66,7 @@ func Test_UnitFlock(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("Release() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 			}
 
-			if got := CheckLock(tt.path); got == tt.wantCheck {
+			if got := checkLock(tt.path); got == tt.wantCheck {
 				t.Errorf("CheckLock() = %+v\nWant = %+v", got, !tt.wantCheck)
 			}
 		})