diff --git a/metadata.yaml b/metadata.yaml
index 17d51416c..1bcc54d28 100644
--- a/metadata.yaml
+++ b/metadata.yaml
@@ -4,21 +4,24 @@
 apiVersion: clusterctl.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha3
 kind: Metadata
 releaseSeries:
-- major: 0
-  minor: 2
-  contract: v1beta1
-- major: 0
-  minor: 3
-  contract: v1beta1
-- major: 0
-  minor: 4
-  contract: v1beta1
-- major: 0
-  minor: 5
-  contract: v1beta1
-- major: 0
-  minor: 6
-  contract: v1beta1
-- major: 0
-  minor: 7
-  contract: v1beta1
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 2
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 3
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 4
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 5
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 6
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 7
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 8
diff --git a/test/e2e/config/caren.yaml b/test/e2e/config/caren.yaml
index 7600c696e..63783276e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/caren.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/caren.yaml
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ providers:
 - name: caren
   type: RuntimeExtensionProvider
   versions:
-  - name: "{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.7}"
-    value: "https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/releases/download/{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.7}/runtime-extension-components.yaml"
+  - name: "{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.8}"
+    value: "https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/releases/download/{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.8}/runtime-extension-components.yaml"
     type: "url"
     contract: v1beta1
     files:
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ providers:
       new: "--v=8"
     - old: --metrics-addr=127.0.0.1:8080
       new: --metrics-addr=:8080
-  - name: v0.8.99 # "vNext"; use manifests from local source files
+  - name: v0.9.99 # "vNext"; use manifests from local source files
     value: "file://../../../runtime-extension-components.yaml"
     type: "url"
     contract: v1beta1
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ providers:
       new: "--v=8"
     - old: --metrics-addr=127.0.0.1:8080
       new: --metrics-addr=:8080
-    - old: "imagePullPolicy: Always"
-      new: "imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent"
 
 variables:
   # Default variables for the e2e test; those values could be overridden via env variables, thus
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1-caren/metadata.yaml b/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1-caren/metadata.yaml
index ba39bd877..8e87671c5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1-caren/metadata.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1-caren/metadata.yaml
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 apiVersion: clusterctl.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha3
 kind: Metadata
 releaseSeries:
-- major: 0
-  minor: 6
-  contract: v1beta1
-- major: 0
-  minor: 7
-  contract: v1beta1
-- major: 0
-  minor: 8
-  contract: v1beta1
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 6
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 7
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 8
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 9