diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 743ca527a79..2df9d6ed690 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const metricsRoleBindingName = "project-v4-multigroup-metrics-binding"
 
 var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 	var controllerPodName string
-	
+
 	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace,
 	// installing CRDs, and deploying the controller.
 	BeforeAll(func() {
@@ -91,27 +91,27 @@ var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
 			controllerLogs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 			if err == nil {
-				fmt.Println("Controller logs:\n", controllerLogs)
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, fmt.Sprintf("Controller logs:\n %s", controllerLogs))
 			} else {
-				fmt.Println("Failed to get controller logs")
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get Controller logs: %s", err))
 			}
 
 			By("Fetching Kubernetes events")
 			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "events", "-n", namespace, "--sort-by=.lastTimestamp")
 			eventsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 			if err == nil {
-				fmt.Println("Kubernetes events:\n", eventsOutput)
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, fmt.Sprintf("Kubernetes events:\n%s", eventsOutput))
 			} else {
-				fmt.Println("Failed to get Kubernetes events")
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get Kubernetes events: %s", err))
 			}
 
 			By("Fetching curl-metrics logs")
 			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
 			metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 			if err == nil {
-				fmt.Println("Metrics logs:\n", metricsOutput)
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, fmt.Sprintf("Metrics logs:\n %s", metricsOutput))
 			} else {
-				fmt.Println("Failed to get curl-metrics logs")
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get curl-metrics logs: %s", err))
 			}
 
 			By("Fetching controller manager pod description")
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 
 				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
-				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(string(podOutput))
+				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(podOutput)
 				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
 				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
 				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 				)
 				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(string(output)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
+				g.Expect(output).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
 			}
 			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
 		})
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
 				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
+				g.Expect(output).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
 			}
 			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
 				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+				g.Expect(output).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
 					"Metrics server not yet started")
 			}
 			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 					"-n", namespace)
 				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(string(output)).To(Equal("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
+				g.Expect(output).To(Equal("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
 			}
 			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5*time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
 
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	var out string
-	var rawJson string
 	verifyTokenCreation := func(g Gomega) {
 		// Execute kubectl command to create the token
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "--raw", fmt.Sprintf(
@@ -312,11 +311,9 @@ func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
 		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
-		rawJson = string(output)
-
 		// Parse the JSON output to extract the token
 		var token tokenRequest
-		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawJson), &token)
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(output), &token)
 		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 		out = token.Status.Token
@@ -332,9 +329,8 @@ func getMetricsOutput() string {
 	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
 	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
-	metricsOutputStr := string(metricsOutput)
-	Expect(metricsOutputStr).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
-	return metricsOutputStr
+	Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
+	return metricsOutput
 }
 
 // tokenRequest is a simplified representation of the Kubernetes TokenRequest API response,
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/utils/utils.go b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/utils/utils.go
index db4ad3f02f6..16a6383783a 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func warnError(err error) {
 }
 
 // Run executes the provided command within this context
-func Run(cmd *exec.Cmd) ([]byte, error) {
+func Run(cmd *exec.Cmd) (string, error) {
 	dir, _ := GetProjectDir()
 	cmd.Dir = dir
 
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ func Run(cmd *exec.Cmd) ([]byte, error) {
 	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "running: %s\n", command)
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		return output, fmt.Errorf("%s failed with error: (%v) %s", command, err, string(output))
+		return string(output), fmt.Errorf("%s failed with error: (%v) %s", command, err, string(output))
 	}
 
-	return output, nil
+	return string(output), nil
 }
 
 // InstallPrometheusOperator installs the prometheus Operator to be used to export the enabled metrics.