diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 0462e1df07..730b7f583d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ linters-settings:
       - name: blank-imports
       - name: context-as-argument
       - name: context-keys-type
+      - name: dot-imports
+        arguments:
+          - allowedPackages:
+              - github.com/onsi/gomega
+              - github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2
       - name: empty-block
       - name: error-naming
       - name: error-return
@@ -40,6 +45,10 @@ linters-settings:
   dupword:
     ignore:
       - "test"
+  stylecheck:
+    dot-import-whitelist:
+      - github.com/onsi/gomega
+      - github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2
 linters:
   enable:
     - asasalint
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index b75c2050de..e404e5e4f5 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ GW_API_VERSION ?= $(shell sed -n 's/.*ref=v\(.*\)/\1/p' ../config/crd/gateway-ap
 GW_API_PREV_VERSION ?= 1.1.0## Supported Gateway API version from previous NGF release
 GW_SERVICE_TYPE = NodePort## Service type to use for the gateway
 GW_SVC_GKE_INTERNAL = false
-NGF_VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags $(shell git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))## NGF version to be tested (defaults to latest tag)
+NGF_VERSION ?= edge## NGF version to be tested
 PULL_POLICY = Never## Pull policy for the images
 PROVISIONER_MANIFEST = conformance/provisioner/provisioner.yaml
 SUPPORTED_FEATURES = HTTPRouteQueryParamMatching,HTTPRouteMethodMatching,HTTPRoutePortRedirect,HTTPRouteSchemeRedirect,HTTPRouteHostRewrite,HTTPRoutePathRewrite,GatewayPort8080,HTTPRouteResponseHeaderModification,GRPCExactMethodMatching,GRPCRouteListenerHostnameMatching,GRPCRouteHeaderMatching
diff --git a/tests/framework/ngf.go b/tests/framework/ngf.go
index e2f2eb97ab..48863a23e7 100644
--- a/tests/framework/ngf.go
+++ b/tests/framework/ngf.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	core "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apiext "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ type InstallationConfig struct {
 	ReleaseName          string
 	Namespace            string
 	ChartPath            string
+	ChartVersion         string
 	NgfImageRepository   string
 	NginxImageRepository string
 	ImageTag             string
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ func UninstallGatewayAPI(apiVersion string) ([]byte, error) {
 func InstallNGF(cfg InstallationConfig, extraArgs ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 	args := []string{
 		"install",
+		"--debug",
 		cfg.ReleaseName,
 		cfg.ChartPath,
 		"--create-namespace",
@@ -65,10 +68,15 @@ func InstallNGF(cfg InstallationConfig, extraArgs ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 		"--wait",
 		"--set", "nginxGateway.productTelemetry.enable=false",
 	}
+	if cfg.ChartVersion != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--version", cfg.ChartVersion)
+	}
 
 	args = append(args, setImageArgs(cfg)...)
 	fullArgs := append(args, extraArgs...)
 
+	GinkgoWriter.Printf("Installing NGF with command: helm %v\n", strings.Join(fullArgs, " "))
+
 	return exec.Command("helm", fullArgs...).CombinedOutput()
 }
 
@@ -81,16 +89,22 @@ func UpgradeNGF(cfg InstallationConfig, extraArgs ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	args := []string{
 		"upgrade",
+		"--debug",
 		cfg.ReleaseName,
 		cfg.ChartPath,
 		"--namespace", cfg.Namespace,
 		"--wait",
 		"--set", "nginxGateway.productTelemetry.enable=false",
 	}
+	if cfg.ChartVersion != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--version", cfg.ChartVersion)
+	}
 
 	args = append(args, setImageArgs(cfg)...)
 	fullArgs := append(args, extraArgs...)
 
+	GinkgoWriter.Printf("Upgrading NGF with command: helm %v\n", strings.Join(fullArgs, " "))
+
 	return exec.Command("helm", fullArgs...).CombinedOutput()
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/sync-files-to-vm.sh b/tests/scripts/sync-files-to-vm.sh
index f8ecaabc6e..5b44c03c16 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/sync-files-to-vm.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/sync-files-to-vm.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ set -eo pipefail
 
 source scripts/vars.env
 
-NGF_DIR=$(dirname "$PWD")
+NGF_DIR=$(dirname "$PWD")/
 
 gcloud compute config-ssh --ssh-config-file ngf-gcp.ssh >/dev/null
 
-rsync -ave 'ssh -F ngf-gcp.ssh' "${NGF_DIR}" username@"${RESOURCE_NAME}"."${GKE_CLUSTER_ZONE}"."${GKE_PROJECT}":~
+rsync -ave 'ssh -F ngf-gcp.ssh' "${NGF_DIR}" username@"${RESOURCE_NAME}"."${GKE_CLUSTER_ZONE}"."${GKE_PROJECT}":~/nginx-gateway-fabric
diff --git a/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go b/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go
index bfb82040bf..f6913935ac 100644
--- a/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go
+++ b/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ var (
 	localChartPath    string
 	address           string
 	version           string
+	chartVersion      string
 	clusterInfo       framework.ClusterInfo
 	skipNFRTests      bool
 )
@@ -173,6 +174,11 @@ func setup(cfg setupConfig, extraInstallArgs ...string) {
 		}
 		installCfg.ImageTag = *imageTag
 		installCfg.ImagePullPolicy = *imagePullPolicy
+	} else {
+		if version == "edge" {
+			chartVersion = "0.0.0-edge"
+			installCfg.ChartVersion = chartVersion
+		}
 	}
 
 	output, err := framework.InstallGatewayAPI(cfg.gwAPIVersion)
diff --git a/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go b/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go
index 6539fffd96..66c87922e8 100644
--- a/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Upgrade testing", Label("nfr", "upgrade"), func() {
 			ReleaseName:          releaseName,
 			Namespace:            ngfNamespace,
 			ChartPath:            localChartPath,
+			ChartVersion:         chartVersion,
 			NgfImageRepository:   *ngfImageRepository,
 			NginxImageRepository: nginxImage,
 			ImageTag:             *imageTag,