diff --git a/tests/e2e/travis-e2e.sh b/tests/e2e/travis-e2e.sh
index ee6d3a9329f0464f7b7fce45e85e4a450a47068f..21db2808c19b60ca5ef1122a10eed2752a493bf9 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/travis-e2e.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/travis-e2e.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ set -x
 
 curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
 chmod +x kubectl
-curl -Lo kind https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.6.1/kind-linux-amd64
+curl -Lo kind https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.7.0/kind-linux-amd64
 chmod +x kind
 
 ./kind create cluster --image=kindest/node:v1.18.0
-export KUBECONFIG="$(./kind get kubeconfig-path)"
+# the default kube config location used by kind
+export KUBECONFIG="${HOME}/.kube/config"
 
 # create namespace, permissions, and CRDs
 ./kubectl create -f manifests/setup