diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 11a07a34b2a..0ca0c58de54 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ config = {
                 "apiActivities",
             ],
             "skip": False,
+            "k8s": True,
         },
         "groupAndSearch1": {
             "suites": [
@@ -1087,7 +1088,7 @@ def localApiTestPipeline(ctx):
                     params[item] = matrix[item] if item in matrix else defaults[item]
                 for storage in params["storages"]:
                     for run_with_remote_php in params["withRemotePhp"]:
-                        run_on_k8s = params["k8s"] and ctx.build.event == "cron"
+                        run_on_k8s = params["k8s"]
                         ocis_url = OCIS_URL
                         if run_on_k8s:
                             ocis_url = "https://%s" % OCIS_SERVER_NAME
@@ -1389,7 +1390,7 @@ def coreApiTestPipeline(ctx):
                 for run_with_remote_php in params["withRemotePhp"]:
                     filter_tags = "~@skipOnGraph&&~@skipOnOcis-%s-Storage" % ("OC" if storage == "owncloud" else "OCIS")
                     expected_failures_file = "%s/expected-failures-API-on-%s-storage.md" % (test_dir, storage.upper())
-                    run_on_k8s = params["k8s"] and ctx.build.event == "cron"
+                    run_on_k8s = params["k8s"]
                     ocis_url = OCIS_URL
                     if run_on_k8s:
                         ocis_url = "https://%s" % OCIS_SERVER_NAME