diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index 7107961f..049ff6b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         env: [integration]
+        k8s_version: ["1.28/stable","1.29/stable", "1.30/beta" ]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install and configure microk8s
         run: |
-          make microk8s
+          make microk8s MICROK8S=${{ matrix.k8s_version }}
 
       - name: Download artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index de0220a0..9fd91e1e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PREFIX :=
 TARGET := docker
 PLATFORM := amd64
 FLAVOUR := "spark"
+MICROK8S := "1.28/stable"
 
 # ======================
 # INTERNAL VARIABLES
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ $(_TMP_OCI_TAG).tag: $(_ROCK_OCI)
 
 $(K8S_TAG):
 	@echo "=== Setting up and configure local Microk8s cluster ==="
-	/bin/bash ./tests/integration/setup-microk8s.sh
+	/bin/bash ./tests/integration/setup-microk8s.sh $(MICROK8S)
 	sg microk8s ./tests/integration/config-microk8s.sh
 	@touch $(K8S_TAG)
 
diff --git a/rockcraft.yaml b/rockcraft.yaml
index 17251bbf..8c45ad2c 100644
--- a/rockcraft.yaml
+++ b/rockcraft.yaml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ parts:
       - python3-pip
     overlay-script: |
       mkdir -p $CRAFT_PART_INSTALL/opt/spark8t/python/dist
-      pip install --target=${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/opt/spark8t/python/dist  https://github.com/canonical/spark-k8s-toolkit-py/releases/download/v0.0.5/spark8t-0.0.5-py3-none-any.whl
+      pip install --target=${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/opt/spark8t/python/dist  https://github.com/canonical/spark-k8s-toolkit-py/releases/download/v0.0.7/spark8t-0.0.7-py3-none-any.whl
       rm usr/bin/pip*
     stage:
       - opt/spark8t/python/dist
diff --git a/tests/integration/integration-tests.sh b/tests/integration/integration-tests.sh
index 4d813670..9dc6ba03 100755
--- a/tests/integration/integration-tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/integration-tests.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ setup_admin_test_pod() {
 }
 
 teardown_test_pod() {
+  kubectl logs testpod-admin -n $NAMESPACE 
+  kubectl logs testpod -n $NAMESPACE 
+  kubectl logs -l spark-version=3.4.2 -n $NAMESPACE 
   kubectl -n $NAMESPACE delete pod testpod
   kubectl -n $NAMESPACE delete pod testpod-admin
 
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ teardown_test_pod() {
 run_example_job_in_pod() {
   SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR_NAME="spark-examples_2.12-$(get_spark_version).jar"
 
-  PREVIOUS_JOB=$(kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get pods | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  PREVIOUS_JOB=$(kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
   NAMESPACE=$1
   USERNAME=$2
 
@@ -169,7 +172,8 @@ run_example_job_in_pod() {
                   local:///opt/spark/examples/jars/$JJ 1000'
 
   # kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBE_CONFIG} get pods
-  DRIVER_JOB=$(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  DRIVER_PODS=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver )
+  DRIVER_JOB=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
   if [[ "${DRIVER_JOB}" == "${PREVIOUS_JOB}" ]]
   then
@@ -180,7 +184,7 @@ run_example_job_in_pod() {
   # Check job output
   # Sample output
   # "Pi is roughly 3.13956232343"
-  pi=$(kubectl logs $(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)  -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep 'Pi is roughly' | rev | cut -d' ' -f1 | rev | cut -c 1-3)
+  pi=$(kubectl logs $(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)  -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep 'Pi is roughly' | rev | cut -d' ' -f1 | rev | cut -c 1-3)
   echo -e "Spark Pi Job Output: \n ${pi}"
 
   validate_pi_value $pi
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@ test_iceberg_example_in_pod(){
   NUM_ROWS_TO_INSERT="4"
 
   # Number of driver pods that exist in the namespace already.
-  PREVIOUS_DRIVER_PODS_COUNT=$(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | wc -l)
+  PREVIOUS_DRIVER_PODS_COUNT=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | wc -l)
 
   # Submit the job from inside 'testpod'
   kubectl -n $NAMESPACE exec testpod -- \
@@ -286,7 +290,7 @@ test_iceberg_example_in_pod(){
   delete_s3_bucket spark
 
   # Number of driver pods after the job is completed.
-  DRIVER_PODS_COUNT=$(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | wc -l)
+  DRIVER_PODS_COUNT=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | wc -l)
 
   # If the number of driver pods is same as before, job has not been run at all!
   if [[ "${PREVIOUS_DRIVER_PODS_COUNT}" == "${DRIVER_PODS_COUNT}" ]]
@@ -298,7 +302,7 @@ test_iceberg_example_in_pod(){
   # Find the ID of the driver pod that ran the job.
   # tail -n 1       => Filter out the last line
   # cut -d' ' -f1   => Split by spaces and pick the first part
-  DRIVER_POD_ID=$(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep test-iceberg-.*-driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  DRIVER_POD_ID=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep test-iceberg-.*-driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
   # Filter out the output log line
   OUTPUT_LOG_LINE=$(kubectl logs ${DRIVER_POD_ID} -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep 'Number of rows inserted:' )
@@ -319,7 +323,7 @@ test_iceberg_example_in_pod(){
 run_example_job_in_pod_with_pod_templates() {
   SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR_NAME="spark-examples_2.12-$(get_spark_version).jar"
 
-  PREVIOUS_JOB=$(kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get pods | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  PREVIOUS_JOB=$(kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
   NAMESPACE=$1
   USERNAME=$2
@@ -335,7 +339,8 @@ run_example_job_in_pod_with_pod_templates() {
                   local:///opt/spark/examples/jars/$JJ 100'
 
   # kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBE_CONFIG} get pods
-  DRIVER_JOB=$(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  DRIVER_PODS=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver )
+  DRIVER_JOB=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
   echo "DRIVER JOB: $DRIVER_JOB"
 
   if [[ "${DRIVER_JOB}" == "${PREVIOUS_JOB}" ]]
@@ -343,7 +348,7 @@ run_example_job_in_pod_with_pod_templates() {
     echo "ERROR: Sample job has not run!"
     exit 1
   fi
-  DRIVER_JOB_LABEL=$(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} -lproduct=charmed-spark | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  DRIVER_JOB_LABEL=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} -lproduct=charmed-spark | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
   echo "DRIVER JOB_LABEL: $DRIVER_JOB_LABEL"
   if [[ "${DRIVER_JOB}" != "${DRIVER_JOB_LABEL}" ]]
   then
@@ -354,7 +359,7 @@ run_example_job_in_pod_with_pod_templates() {
   # Check job output
   # Sample output
   # "Pi is roughly 3.13956232343"
-  pi=$(kubectl logs $(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)  -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep 'Pi is roughly' | rev | cut -d' ' -f1 | rev | cut -c 1-3)
+  pi=$(kubectl logs $(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)  -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep 'Pi is roughly' | rev | cut -d' ' -f1 | rev | cut -c 1-3)
   echo -e "Spark Pi Job Output: \n ${pi}"
 
   validate_pi_value $pi
@@ -365,7 +370,7 @@ run_example_job_in_pod_with_metrics() {
   SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR_NAME="spark-examples_2.12-$(get_spark_version).jar"
   LOG_FILE="/tmp/server.log"
   SERVER_PORT=9091
-  PREVIOUS_JOB=$(kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get pods | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  PREVIOUS_JOB=$(kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
   # start simple http server
   python3 tests/integration/resources/test_web_server.py $SERVER_PORT > $LOG_FILE &
   HTTP_SERVER_PID=$!
@@ -386,7 +391,8 @@ run_example_job_in_pod_with_metrics() {
                   local:///opt/spark/examples/jars/$JJ 1000'
 
   # kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBE_CONFIG} get pods
-  DRIVER_JOB=$(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  DRIVER_PODS=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver )
+  DRIVER_JOB=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
   if [[ "${DRIVER_JOB}" == "${PREVIOUS_JOB}" ]]
   then
@@ -397,7 +403,7 @@ run_example_job_in_pod_with_metrics() {
   # Check job output
   # Sample output
   # "Pi is roughly 3.13956232343"
-  pi=$(kubectl logs $(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)  -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep 'Pi is roughly' | rev | cut -d' ' -f1 | rev | cut -c 1-3)
+  pi=$(kubectl logs $(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)  -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep 'Pi is roughly' | rev | cut -d' ' -f1 | rev | cut -c 1-3)
   echo -e "Spark Pi Job Output: \n ${pi}"
 
   validate_pi_value $pi
@@ -412,7 +418,7 @@ run_example_job_in_pod_with_metrics() {
 run_example_job_with_error_in_pod() {
   SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR_NAME="spark-examples_2.12-$(get_spark_version).jar"
 
-  PREVIOUS_JOB=$(kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get pods | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  PREVIOUS_JOB=$(kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
   NAMESPACE=$1
   USERNAME=$2
 
@@ -426,7 +432,8 @@ run_example_job_with_error_in_pod() {
                   local:///opt/spark/examples/jars/$JJ -1'
 
   # kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBE_CONFIG} get pods
-  DRIVER_JOB=$(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  DRIVER_PODS=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver )
+  DRIVER_JOB=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
   if [[ "${DRIVER_JOB}" == "${PREVIOUS_JOB}" ]]
   then
@@ -435,13 +442,13 @@ run_example_job_with_error_in_pod() {
   fi
 
   # Check job output
-  res=$(kubectl logs $(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1) -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep 'Exception in thread' | wc -l)
+  res=$(kubectl logs $(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1) -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep 'Exception in thread' | wc -l)
   echo -e "Number of errors: \n ${res}"
   if [ "${res}" != "1" ]; then
       echo "ERROR: Error is not captured."
       exit 1
   fi
-  status=$(kubectl get pod $(kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1) -n ${NAMESPACE} | tail -1 | cut -d " " -f 9)
+  status=$(kubectl get pod $(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep driver | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1) -n ${NAMESPACE} | tail -1 | cut -d " " -f 9)
   if [ "${status}" = "Completed" ]; then
       echo "ERROR: Status should not be set to Completed."
       exit 1
@@ -576,6 +583,7 @@ cleanup_user_failure_in_pod() {
   cleanup_user_failure
 }
 
+
 echo -e "##################################"
 echo -e "SETUP TEST POD"
 echo -e "##################################"
diff --git a/tests/integration/setup-microk8s.sh b/tests/integration/setup-microk8s.sh
index c5b43c26..32d10ca9 100755
--- a/tests/integration/setup-microk8s.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/setup-microk8s.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sudo snap install microk8s --channel=1.28/stable --classic
+sudo snap install microk8s --channel=$1 --classic
 sudo snap alias microk8s.kubectl kubectl
 sudo usermod -a -G microk8s ${USER}
 mkdir -p ~/.kube