diff --git a/taskfiles/ci.yml b/taskfiles/ci.yml
index 0edec947d..22e05066e 100644
--- a/taskfiles/ci.yml
+++ b/taskfiles/ci.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ tasks:
       - "grep -q '0' ./k8s-stable-test-exit-code"
 
   run-k8s-tests:
+    deps:
+      # operator go test is using at least 2 k3d clusters which might exhaust limits of opened files
+      - task: :k8s:set-aio-max
+        vars:
+          USE_SUDO: "false"
+      - task: :k8s:set-inotify-watches
+        vars:
+          USE_SUDO: "false"
+      - task: :k8s:set-inotify-instances
+        vars:
+          USE_SUDO: "false"
     cmds:
       - 'echo "~~~ Linting operator code :golangci-lint:"'
       - task: configure-git-private-repo