diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 643158061..5d97c817a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ e2e-build:
 e2e-tools:
 	# install pinned version of 'kind' 
 	# leave the name as is to avoid overwriting official binary named `kind`
-	wget https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/0.2.1/kind-linux-amd64
+	wget https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.3.0/kind-linux-amd64
 	chmod +x kind-linux-amd64
 	mv kind-linux-amd64 $(KIND_PATH)
 
diff --git a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
index 8d65f71ce..a7415e3de 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
+++ b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class K8s:
     def wait_for_operator_pod_start(self):
         self. wait_for_pod_start("name=postgres-operator")
         # HACK operator must register CRD / add existing PG clusters after pod start up
-        # for local execution 10 suffices
+        # for local execution ~ 10 seconds suffices
         time.sleep(30)
 
     def wait_for_pod_start(self, pod_labels, namespace='default'):