diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yaml
index d54f0f61..014c6698 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 name: pr-checks
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [test-ci]
 
 jobs:
   docs:
@@ -148,12 +149,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/tools-cache
 
       - name: use kepler action for kind cluster build
-        uses: sustainable-computing-io/kepler-action@v0.0.2
+        uses: sustainable-computing-io/kepler-action@v0.0.6
         with:
-          ebpfprovider: bcc
           cluster_provider: kind
         env:
           PROMETHEUS_ENABLE: "true"
+      - name: Setup tmate session
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
 
       - name: Ensure cluster is able to run OLM bundles
         run: make cluster-prereqs
@@ -166,6 +169,9 @@ jobs:
           ./tests/run-e2e.sh --ci
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+      - name: Setup tmate session
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
 
       - name: Capture cluster state
         if: always()
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3bd073f1..0a81e585 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ GOARCH := $(shell go env GOARCH)
 # - use environment variables to overwrite this value (e.g export VERSION=0.0.2)
 VERSION ?= $(shell cat VERSION)
 
-KEPLER_VERSION ?=release-0.7.2
+KEPLER_VERSION ?=release-0.7.8
 
 # IMG_BASE and KEPLER_IMG_BASE are set to distinguish between Operator-specific images and Kepler-Specific images.
 # IMG_BASE is used for building and pushing operator related images.
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/kepler-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/kepler-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index bf23a770..b201b814 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/kepler-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/kepler-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ metadata:
     capabilities: Basic Install
     categories: Monitoring
     containerImage: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler-operator:0.10.0
-    createdAt: "2024-03-11T09:21:02Z"
+    createdAt: "2024-03-26T17:40:24Z"
     description: 'Deploys and Manages Kepler on Kubernetes '
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.27.0
     operators.operatorframework.io/internal-objects: |-
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ spec:
                 - /manager
                 env:
                 - name: RELATED_IMAGE_KEPLER
-                  value: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:release-0.7.2
+                  value: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:release-0.7.8
                 image: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler-operator:0.10.0
                 imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
                 livenessProbe:
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ spec:
     name: Kepler Operator Contributors
     url: https://sustainable-computing.io/
   relatedImages:
-  - image: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:release-0.7.2
+  - image: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:release-0.7.8
     name: kepler
   replaces: kepler-operator.v0.9.2
   version: 0.10.0
diff --git a/tests/run-e2e.sh b/tests/run-e2e.sh
index 2338e948..c4461a03 100755
--- a/tests/run-e2e.sh
+++ b/tests/run-e2e.sh
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ kind_load_images() {
 docker_prune() {
 	header "Prune Docker"
 	run docker system prune -a -f
+	run kind get nodes | xargs -I {} docker exec {} crictl rmi --prune
 }
 
 deploy_operator() {
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ deploy_operator() {
 		info "pruning docker images and volumes"
 		run docker images
 		docker_prune
-		run df -h
+		df -kh
 	}
 
 	ensure_imgpullpolicy_always_in_yaml