diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-release.yml
index e444c38fa..92c0baf51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-release.yml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 1
       matrix:
-        fromVersion: ["v2.9.0"]
+        fromVersion: ["v2.9.1"]
         cloudProvider: ["gcp", "azure", "aws"]
     name: Run upgrade tests
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-weekly.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-weekly.yml
index 0ff9b7471..bd4060dd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-weekly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-weekly.yml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 1
       matrix:
-        fromVersion: ["v2.9.0"]
+        fromVersion: ["v2.9.1"]
         cloudProvider: ["gcp", "azure", "aws"]
     name: Run upgrade tests
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/dev-docs/workflows/release.md b/dev-docs/workflows/release.md
index 537842b3d..8c5f36940 100644
--- a/dev-docs/workflows/release.md
+++ b/dev-docs/workflows/release.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Releases should be performed using [the automated release pipeline](https://gith
    3. Close the milestone for the release
    4. Move open issues and PRs from closed milestone to next milestone
 3.  If the release is a minor version release, bump the pre-release version in the `version.txt` file.
-
+4. Update the `fromVersion` in `e2e-test-release.yml` and `e2e-test-weekly.yaml` to the newly released version. To check the current values, run: `grep "fromVersion: \[.*\]" -R .github`.
 
 ## Pipeline cleanup