diff --git a/.github/workflows/old-operator.yaml b/.github/workflows/old-operator.yaml
index 9136aced..5dcec7d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/old-operator.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/old-operator.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ jobs:
         kustomize: 3.5.5
         helm: 2.16.7
         helmv3: 3.2.1
+    - name: Set nf_conntrack_max value
+      # This step is required to avoid CrashLoopBackOff for kube-proxy
+      # see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/issues/2240#issuecomment-838510890
+      run: |
+        sudo sysctl net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_max=131072
     - uses: container-tools/kind-action@v1
       with:
         version: "v0.8.1"
@@ -49,6 +54,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         kubectl cluster-info
         kubectl get pods -n kube-system
+    - name: Dump cluster info
+      run: |
+        kubectl cluster-info dump
     - name: Download astartectl
       run: |
         curl -L -o astartectl https://github.com/astarte-platform/astartectl/releases/download/v0.10.4/astartectl_linux_amd64