diff --git a/Dockerfile.sonobuoy.dapper b/Dockerfile.sonobuoy.dapper
index 6102159925..4827af2b7d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.sonobuoy.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.sonobuoy.dapper
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM golang:1.13.1-alpine3.10
 
 RUN apk -U --no-cache add bash git gcc musl-dev docker curl jq coreutils
 RUN go get -d github.com/heptio/sonobuoy && \
-    git -C /go/src/github.com/heptio/sonobuoy checkout -b current v0.16.0 && \
+    git -C /go/src/github.com/heptio/sonobuoy checkout -b current v0.16.1 && \
     go install github.com/heptio/sonobuoy
 RUN rm -rf /go/src /go/pkg
 
diff --git a/scripts/sonobuoy b/scripts/sonobuoy
index 61bdfa55d7..edf2a17fb7 100755
--- a/scripts/sonobuoy
+++ b/scripts/sonobuoy
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export -f sonobuoy-destruct
 sonobuoy-test() {
     timeout --foreground 30m sonobuoy run \
         --config scripts/sonobuoy-config.json \
+        --plugin-env=e2e.E2E_USE_GO_RUNNER=true \
         --wait \
         "${@}"
     if sonobuoy status | grep "failed"; then