diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
index de07e0f5..00fe719c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ jobs:
             arch: "arm"
             family: "Ubuntu2204"
             kubernetes-version: "1.31.0"
+          # Since we only enable enforcing mode for SELinux in AL2023, it's easier to list it in "include"
+          # field rather than trying to exclude all other variants.
+          - cluster-type: "kops"
+            arch: "arm"
+            family: "AmazonLinux2023"
+            kubernetes-version: "1.28.13"
+            selinux-mode: "enforcing"
+          - cluster-type: "eksctl"
+            arch: "x86"
+            family: "AmazonLinux2023"
+            selinux-mode: "enforcing"
         exclude:
           - cluster-type: "kops"
             family: "Bottlerocket"
@@ -100,6 +111,10 @@ jobs:
             kubernetes-version: "1.30.4"
           - cluster-type: "kops"
             kubernetes-version: "1.31.0"
+    # TODO: This is temporary, we wanted to run our tests on SELinux enforced hosts even before we support it.
+    #       Our tests will be passing on SELinux enforced hosts as well once we support it and we will remove this configuration.
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.selinux-mode == 'enforcing' }}
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
     permissions:
@@ -115,6 +130,7 @@ jobs:
       # and in order to get latest supported version by envtest we convert it to 1.28.
       K8S_VERSION: "${{ matrix.kubernetes-version }}"
       ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION: "${K8S_VERSION%.*}"
+      SELINUX_MODE: ${{ matrix.selinux-mode }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/eksctl-patch-selinux-enforcing.json b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/eksctl-patch-selinux-enforcing.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8bc2436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/eksctl-patch-selinux-enforcing.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+    {
+      "op": "add",
+      "path": "/managedNodeGroups/0/preBootstrapCommands",
+      "value": [
+        "dnf install -y container-selinux",
+        "setenforce 1",
+        "sed -i \"s/SELINUX=permissive/SELINUX=enforcing/\" /etc/selinux/config",
+        "reboot"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/eksctl.sh b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/eksctl.sh
index e36f24dd..973db3ce 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/eksctl.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/eksctl.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ function eksctl_create_cluster() {
   NODE_TYPE=${10}
   AMI_FAMILY=${11}
   K8S_VERSION=${12}
+  EKSCTL_PATCH_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE=${13}
 
   eksctl_delete_cluster "$BIN" "$CLUSTER_NAME" "$REGION"
 
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ function eksctl_create_cluster() {
   CLUSTER_FILE_TMP="${CLUSTER_FILE}.tmp"
   ${KUBECTL_BIN} patch -f $CLUSTER_FILE --local --type json --patch "$(cat $EKSCTL_PATCH_FILE)" -o yaml > $CLUSTER_FILE_TMP
   mv $CLUSTER_FILE_TMP $CLUSTER_FILE
+
+  if [ -n "$EKSCTL_PATCH_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE" ]; then
+    ${KUBECTL_BIN} patch -f $CLUSTER_FILE --local --type json --patch "$(cat $EKSCTL_PATCH_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE)" -o yaml > $CLUSTER_FILE_TMP
+    mv $CLUSTER_FILE_TMP $CLUSTER_FILE
+  fi
+
   ${BIN} create cluster -f "${CLUSTER_FILE}" --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}"
 
   if [ -n "$CI_ROLE_ARN" ]; then
diff --git a/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/kops-patch-node-selinux-enforcing.yaml b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/kops-patch-node-selinux-enforcing.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0be2ec41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/kops-patch-node-selinux-enforcing.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+spec:
+  additionalUserData:
+    - name: selinux-settings.txt
+      type: text/cloud-config
+      content: |
+        #cloud-config
+        selinux:
+            mode: enforcing
diff --git a/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/kops.sh b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/kops.sh
index 02c4c8bc..9c750875 100755
--- a/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/kops.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/kops.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ function kops_create_cluster() {
   KOPS_PATCH_NODE_FILE=${11}
   KOPS_STATE_FILE=${12}
   SSH_KEY=${13}
+  KOPS_PATCH_NODE_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE=${14}
 
   if kops_cluster_exists "${CLUSTER_NAME}" "${BIN}" "${KOPS_STATE_FILE}"; then
     kops_delete_cluster "$BIN" "$CLUSTER_NAME" "$KOPS_STATE_FILE"
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ function kops_create_cluster() {
   kops_patch_cluster_file "$CLUSTER_FILE" "$KOPS_PATCH_FILE" "Cluster" ""
   kops_patch_cluster_file "$CLUSTER_FILE" "$KOPS_PATCH_NODE_FILE" "InstanceGroup" "Node"
 
+  if [ -n "$KOPS_PATCH_NODE_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE" ]; then
+    kops_patch_cluster_file "$CLUSTER_FILE" "$KOPS_PATCH_NODE_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE" "InstanceGroup" "Node"
+  fi
+
   ${BIN} create --state "${KOPS_STATE_FILE}" -f "${CLUSTER_FILE}"
   ${BIN} update cluster --state "${KOPS_STATE_FILE}" "${CLUSTER_NAME}" --yes
   ${BIN} export kubecfg --state "${KOPS_STATE_FILE}" "${CLUSTER_NAME}" --admin --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}"
diff --git a/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/run.sh b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/run.sh
index 22fb6878..178eb525 100755
--- a/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/run.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e-kubernetes/scripts/run.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ KUBECTL_BIN=${KUBECTL_INSTALL_PATH}/kubectl
 CLUSTER_TYPE=${CLUSTER_TYPE:-kops}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-x86}
 AMI_FAMILY=${AMI_FAMILY:-AmazonLinux2}
+SELINUX_MODE=${SELINUX_MODE:-}
 
 # kops: must include patch version (e.g. 1.19.1)
 # eksctl: mustn't include patch version (e.g. 1.19)
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ KUBECONFIG=${KUBECONFIG:-"${TEST_DIR}/${CLUSTER_NAME}.kubeconfig"}
 KOPS_VERSION=1.28.5
 ZONES=${AWS_AVAILABILITY_ZONES:-$(aws ec2 describe-availability-zones --region ${REGION} | jq -c '.AvailabilityZones[].ZoneName' | grep -v "us-east-1e" | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/"//g' | sed 's/.$//')} # excluding us-east-1e, see: https://github.com/eksctl-io/eksctl/issues/817
 NODE_COUNT=${NODE_COUNT:-3}
+
 if [[ "${ARCH}" == "x86" ]]; then
   INSTANCE_TYPE_DEFAULT=c5.large
   AMI_ID_DEFAULT=$(aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/al2023-ami-kernel-default-x86_64 --region ${REGION} --query 'Parameters[0].Value' --output text)
@@ -61,17 +63,27 @@ else
   INSTANCE_TYPE_DEFAULT=m7g.medium
   AMI_ID_DEFAULT=$(aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/al2023-ami-kernel-default-arm64 --region ${REGION} --query 'Parameters[0].Value' --output text)
 fi
+
+
 INSTANCE_TYPE=${INSTANCE_TYPE:-$INSTANCE_TYPE_DEFAULT}
 AMI_ID=${AMI_ID:-$AMI_ID_DEFAULT}
 CLUSTER_FILE=${TEST_DIR}/${CLUSTER_NAME}.${CLUSTER_TYPE}.yaml
 KOPS_PATCH_FILE=${KOPS_PATCH_FILE:-${BASE_DIR}/kops-patch.yaml}
 KOPS_PATCH_NODE_FILE=${KOPS_PATCH_NODE_FILE:-${BASE_DIR}/kops-patch-node.yaml}
+KOPS_PATCH_NODE_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE=${KOPS_PATCH_NODE_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE:-${BASE_DIR}/kops-patch-node-selinux-enforcing.yaml}
+if [[ "${SELINUX_MODE}" != "enforcing" ]]; then
+    KOPS_PATCH_NODE_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE=""
+fi
 KOPS_STATE_FILE=${KOPS_STATE_FILE:-"s3://mountpoint-s3-csi-driver-kops-state-store"}
 SSH_KEY=${SSH_KEY:-""}
 HELM_RELEASE_NAME=mountpoint-s3-csi-driver
 
-EKSCTL_VERSION=${EKSCTL_VERSION:-0.191.0}
+EKSCTL_VERSION=${EKSCTL_VERSION:-0.201.0}
 EKSCTL_PATCH_FILE=${EKSCTL_PATCH_FILE:-${BASE_DIR}/eksctl-patch.json}
+EKSCTL_PATCH_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE=${EKSCTL_PATCH_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE:-${BASE_DIR}/eksctl-patch-selinux-enforcing.json}
+if [[ "${SELINUX_MODE}" != "enforcing" ]]; then
+    EKSCTL_PATCH_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE=""
+fi
 CI_ROLE_ARN=${CI_ROLE_ARN:-""}
 
 mkdir -p ${TEST_DIR}
@@ -120,7 +132,8 @@ function create_cluster() {
       "$KOPS_PATCH_FILE" \
       "$KOPS_PATCH_NODE_FILE" \
       "$KOPS_STATE_FILE" \
-      "$SSH_KEY"
+      "$SSH_KEY" \
+      "$KOPS_PATCH_NODE_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE"
   elif [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "eksctl" ]]; then
     eksctl_create_cluster \
       "$CLUSTER_NAME" \
@@ -134,7 +147,8 @@ function create_cluster() {
       "$CI_ROLE_ARN" \
       "$INSTANCE_TYPE" \
       "$AMI_FAMILY" \
-      "$K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL"
+      "$K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL"\
+      "$EKSCTL_PATCH_SELINUX_ENFORCING_FILE"
   fi
 }