diff --git a/services/minio-template.jsonnet b/services/minio-template.jsonnet
index 4cc847933c..9a135a5750 100644
--- a/services/minio-template.jsonnet
+++ b/services/minio-template.jsonnet
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ local minio = (import 'github.com/observatorium/observatorium/configuration/comp
   version:: '${IMAGE_TAG}',
   accessKey:: '${MINIO_ACCESS_KEY}',
   secretKey:: '${MINIO_SECRET_KEY}',
-  buckets:: ['thanos', 'loki', 'rules'],
+  buckets:: ['thanos', 'loki', 'rules', 'parca'],
   replicas: 1,
 }) + {
   deployment+: {
diff --git a/tests/ci/ci_test.sh b/tests/ci/ci_test.sh
index f699b18fb0..a4c65c8a9d 100755
--- a/tests/ci/ci_test.sh
+++ b/tests/ci/ci_test.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ observatorium_tools(){
     oc wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}=Active' namespace/observatorium-tools --timeout=5s
     oc apply --namespace observatorium-tools -f ../deploy/manifests/observatorium-tools-network-policy.yaml
     oc process --param-file=env/logging.test.ci.env -f ../../resources/services/meta-monitoring/logging-template.yaml | oc apply --namespace observatorium-tools -f -
+    oc process --param-file=env/observatorium-parca.test.ci.env -f ../../resources/services/meta-monitoring/profiling-template.yaml | oc apply --namespace observatorium-tools -f -
 }
 
 observatorium() {
@@ -63,15 +64,9 @@ observatorium() {
     oc apply -f ../deploy/manifests/observatorium-rules-objstore-secret.yaml --namespace observatorium
     oc apply -f ../deploy/manifests/observatorium-rhobs-tenant-secret.yaml --namespace observatorium
     oc apply --namespace observatorium -f ../deploy/manifests/observatorium-service-account.yaml
-    oc apply -f ../deploy/manifests/observatorium-parca-secret.yaml --namespace observatorium
-    oc process -f ../../resources/services/parca-observatorium-remote-ns-rbac-template.yaml | \
-        oc apply -f -
     oc process --param-file=env/observatorium.test.ci.env \
         -f ../../resources/services/observatorium-template.yaml | \
         oc apply --namespace observatorium -f -
-    oc process --param-file=env/observatorium-parca.test.ci.env \
-        -f ../../resources/services/parca-template.yaml| \
-        oc apply --namespace observatorium -f -
     oc process --param-file=env/observatorium-jaeger.test.ci.env \
         -f ../../resources/services/jaeger-template.yaml| \
         oc apply --namespace observatorium -f -
diff --git a/tests/ci/env/observatorium-parca.test.ci.env b/tests/ci/env/observatorium-parca.test.ci.env
index 9f3389e28d..b718b2c03e 100644
--- a/tests/ci/env/observatorium-parca.test.ci.env
+++ b/tests/ci/env/observatorium-parca.test.ci.env
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-PARCA_REPLICAS=1
+IMAGE=ghcr.io/parca-dev/parca
 PARCA_CPU_REQUEST=30m
 PARCA_MEMORY_REQUEST=500Mi
 PARCA_CPU_LIMITS=50m
 PARCA_MEMORY_LIMITS=500Mi
-PARCA_PROXY_CPU_REQUEST=25m
-PARCA_PROXY_MEMORY_REQUEST=100Mi
-PARCA_PROXY_CPU_LIMITS=50m
-PARCA_PROXY_MEMORY_LIMITS=100Mi
-STORAGE_ACTIVE_MEMORY=536870912
+ACCESS_KEY_ID=minio
+SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=minio123
+S3_BUCKET_NAME=parca
+S3_BUCKET_ENDPOINT=minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000
+S3_BUCKET_REGION=eu-central-1
+SD_NAMESPACE_LIST='["observatorium-metrics"]'
diff --git a/tests/deploy/manifests/minio-template.yaml b/tests/deploy/manifests/minio-template.yaml
index ab2ad7eb50..e7ff50ad13 100644
--- a/tests/deploy/manifests/minio-template.yaml
+++ b/tests/deploy/manifests/minio-template.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ objects:
           - /bin/sh
           - -c
           - |
-            mkdir -p /storage/thanos /storage/loki /storage/rules && \
+            mkdir -p /storage/thanos /storage/loki /storage/rules /storage/parca && \
             /usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh minio server /storage
           env:
           - name: MINIO_ROOT_USER