diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 4776ab9..6076922 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       # see: https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/8134
       docker_userland_proxy: false
       container_runtime: docker
+      minikube_version: v1.22.0  # NOTE(corvus): 1.23.0 failed with no matches for kind "CustomResourceDefinition" in version "apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1"
 
 - job:
     description: Operator integration tests with Kubernetes
diff --git a/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/tasks/test_registry.yaml b/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/tasks/test_registry.yaml
index 32da8ea..fdc9756 100644
--- a/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/tasks/test_registry.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/tasks/test_registry.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             containers:
             - name: test-registry
               image: quay.io/containers/podman:latest
-              command: ['podman', 'login', '--tls-verify=false', 'https://zuul-registry/', '-u', 'testuser', '-p', 'testpass']
+              command: ['podman', '--log-level=debug', 'login', '--tls-verify=false', 'zuul-registry', '-u', 'testuser', '-p', 'testpass']
               securityContext:
                 privileged: true
             restartPolicy: Never