diff --git a/tests/e2e/helm/dynamic-config-values.yaml b/tests/e2e/helm/dynamic-config-values.yaml
index 592c51ab..aac7cd24 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/helm/dynamic-config-values.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/helm/dynamic-config-values.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ workloadResources:
   roleBinding:
     create: true
 
+operatorDeployment:
+  operatorPod:
+    operatorContainer:
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: "0.1"
+
 operatorConfiguration:
   dynamicConfig:
     enable: true
diff --git a/tests/e2e/watched-namespaces/spark-example.yaml b/tests/e2e/watched-namespaces/spark-example.yaml
index eec80a76..49e02ac8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/watched-namespaces/spark-example.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e/watched-namespaces/spark-example.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,5 @@ spec:
     spark.executor.instances: "1"
     spark.kubernetes.container.image: "apache/spark:{{SPARK_VERSION}}-scala"
     spark.kubernetes.authenticate.driver.serviceAccountName: "spark"
-    spark.kubernetes.driver.request.cores: "0.5"
-    spark.kubernetes.executor.request.cores: "0.5"
   runtimeVersions:
     sparkVersion: 4.1.0