diff --git a/acceptance/deploy.sh b/acceptance/deploy.sh
index ece1b6d7..953293e8 100755
--- a/acceptance/deploy.sh
+++ b/acceptance/deploy.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ -n "${TEST_ORG}" ]; then
-  cat acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.envsubst.yaml | TEST_ENTERPRISE= TEST_REPO= NAME=org-runnerdeploy envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
+  cat acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.envsubst.yaml | TEST_ENTERPRISE= TEST_REPO= RUNNER_MIN_REPLICAS=${ORG_RUNNER_MIN_REPLICAS} NAME=org-runnerdeploy envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
 
   if [ -n "${TEST_ORG_GROUP}" ]; then
     cat acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.envsubst.yaml | TEST_ENTERPRISE= TEST_REPO= TEST_GROUP=${TEST_ORG_GROUP} NAME=orggroup-runnerdeploy envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
diff --git a/acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.envsubst.yaml b/acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.envsubst.yaml
index 4ac0b704..3ecea4f6 100644
--- a/acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.envsubst.yaml
+++ b/acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.envsubst.yaml
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ spec:
   - githubEvent: {}
     amount: 1
     duration: "1m"
-  minReplicas: 0
+  minReplicas: ${RUNNER_MIN_REPLICAS}
   maxReplicas: 10
+  scaleDownDelaySecondsAfterScaleOut: ${RUNNER_SCALE_DOWN_DELAY_SECONDS_AFTER_SCALE_OUT}
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 3b24ba91..728ba4ff 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ type env struct {
 	githubTokenWebhook                                       string
 	testEnterprise                                           string
 	featureFlagEphemeral                                     bool
+	scaleDownDelaySecondsAfterScaleOut                       int64
+	minReplicas                                              int64
 	dockerdWithinRunnerContainer                             bool
 	testJobs                                                 []job
 }
@@ -210,6 +212,8 @@ func initTestEnv(t *testing.T) *env {
 	e.testJobs = createTestJobs(id, testResultCMNamePrefix, 100)
 	ephemeral, _ := strconv.ParseBool(testing.Getenv(t, "TEST_FEATURE_FLAG_EPHEMERAL"))
 	e.featureFlagEphemeral = ephemeral
+	e.scaleDownDelaySecondsAfterScaleOut, _ = strconv.ParseInt(testing.Getenv(t, "TEST_RUNNER_SCALE_DOWN_DELAY_SECONDS_AFTER_SCALE_OUT", "10"), 10, 32)
+	e.minReplicas, _ = strconv.ParseInt(testing.Getenv(t, "TEST_RUNNER_MIN_REPLICAS", "1"), 10, 32)
 
 	var err error
 	e.dockerdWithinRunnerContainer, err = strconv.ParseBool(testing.Getenv(t, "TEST_RUNNER_DOCKERD_WITHIN_RUNNER_CONTAINER", "false"))
@@ -272,6 +276,8 @@ func (e *env) installActionsRunnerController(t *testing.T) {
 		"RUNNER_LABEL=" + e.runnerLabel,
 		"TEST_ID=" + e.testID,
 		fmt.Sprintf("RUNNER_FEATURE_FLAG_EPHEMERAL=%v", e.featureFlagEphemeral),
+		fmt.Sprintf("RUNNER_SCALE_DOWN_DELAY_SECONDS_AFTER_SCALE_OUT=%d", e.scaleDownDelaySecondsAfterScaleOut),
+		fmt.Sprintf("ORG_RUNNER_MIN_REPLICAS=%d", e.minReplicas),
 	}
 
 	if e.dockerdWithinRunnerContainer {