diff --git a/acceptance/deploy.sh b/acceptance/deploy.sh
index 20714009..7beb5338 100755
--- a/acceptance/deploy.sh
+++ b/acceptance/deploy.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ if [ "${tool}" == "helm" ]; then
     --set imagePullSecrets[0].name=${IMAGE_PULL_SECRET} \
     --set image.actionsRunnerImagePullSecrets[0].name=${IMAGE_PULL_SECRET} \
     --set githubWebhookServer.imagePullSecrets[0].name=${IMAGE_PULL_SECRET} \
+    --set image.imagePullPolicy=${IMAGE_PULL_POLICY} \
     -f ${VALUES_FILE}
   set +v
   # To prevent `CustomResourceDefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io "runners.actions.summerwind.dev" is invalid: metadata.annotations: Too long: must have at most 262144 bytes`
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 5658b507..2bd126a9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ type env struct {
 	dockerdWithinRunnerContainer                bool
 	remoteKubeconfig                            string
 	imagePullSecretName                         string
+	imagePullPolicy                             string
 
 	vars          vars
 	VerifyTimeout time.Duration
@@ -367,6 +368,12 @@ func initTestEnv(t *testing.T, k8sMinorVer string, vars vars) *env {
 	e.imagePullSecretName = testing.Getenv(t, "ARC_E2E_IMAGE_PULL_SECRET_NAME", "")
 	e.vars = vars
 
+	if e.remoteKubeconfig != "" {
+		e.imagePullPolicy = "Always"
+	} else {
+		e.imagePullPolicy = "IfNotPresent"
+	}
+
 	if e.remoteKubeconfig == "" {
 		e.Kind = testing.StartKind(t, k8sMinorVer, testing.Preload(images...))
 		e.Env.Kubeconfig = e.Kind.Kubeconfig()
@@ -457,6 +464,7 @@ func (e *env) installActionsRunnerController(t *testing.T, repo, tag, testID str
 		"NAME=" + repo,
 		"VERSION=" + tag,
 		"IMAGE_PULL_SECRET=" + e.imagePullSecretName,
+		"IMAGE_PULL_POLICY=" + e.imagePullPolicy,
 	}
 
 	if e.useApp {