diff --git a/tests/e2e/lib.sh b/tests/e2e/lib.sh
index 8b7e673ca0c06..8b2249a2dae86 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/lib.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/lib.sh
@@ -368,15 +368,9 @@ setup_generated_certs_for_test() {
 
 setup_podsecuritypolicies_config() {
     info "Set POD_SECURITY_POLICIES variable based on kubernetes version"
-    local version
-    version=$(kubectl version --output json)
-    local majorVersion
-    majorVersion=$(echo "$version" | jq -r .serverVersion.major)
-    local minorVersion
-    minorVersion=$(echo "$version" | jq -r .serverVersion.minor)
-
-    # PodSecurityPolicy was removed in version 1.25
-    if (( "$majorVersion" >= 1 && "$minorVersion" >= 25 )); then
+
+    SUPPORTS_PSP=$(kubectl api-resources | grep "podsecuritypolicies" -c || true)
+    if [[ "${SUPPORTS_PSP}" -eq 0 ]]; then
         ci_export "POD_SECURITY_POLICIES" "false"
         info "POD_SECURITY_POLICIES set to false"
     else