diff --git a/.github/scripts/end2end/generate-kustomization.sh b/.github/scripts/end2end/generate-kustomization.sh
index 19633cc35..2b96ff61d 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/end2end/generate-kustomization.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/end2end/generate-kustomization.sh
@@ -32,50 +32,52 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
 - ${DIR}/_build/root/deploy/${base_yaml}
-patchesStrategicMerge:
+patches:
 EOF
 
     # Add configsvr patch with correct path to add volumeClaimTemplates
     cat >> "$kustomization_file" << EOF
-- |-
-  apiVersion: apps/v1
-  kind: StatefulSet
-  metadata:
-    name: data-db-mongodb-sharded-configsvr
-  spec:
-    volumeClaimTemplates:
-    - metadata:
-        name: datadir
-        annotations: {}
-      spec:
-        accessModes:
-        - "ReadWriteOnce"
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            storage: "8Gi"
-        storageClassName: standard
+- patch: |
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: StatefulSet
+    metadata:
+      name: data-db-mongodb-sharded-configsvr
+    spec:
+      volumeClaimTemplates:
+       - metadata:
+           name: datadir
+           annotations: {}
+         spec:
+           accessModes:
+           - "ReadWriteOnce"
+           resources:
+             requests:
+               storage: "8Gi"
+           storageClassName: standard
 EOF
 
     # Add shard patches for N shards with correct path to add volumeClaimTemplates
     for ((i=0; i<shard_count; i++)); do
         cat >> "$kustomization_file" << EOF
-- |-
-  apiVersion: apps/v1
-  kind: StatefulSet
-  metadata:
-    name: data-db-mongodb-sharded-shard${i}-data
-  spec:
-    volumeClaimTemplates:
-    - metadata:
-        name: datadir
-        annotations: {}
-      spec:
-        accessModes:
-        - "ReadWriteOnce"
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            storage: "8Gi"
-        storageClassName: standard
+- patch: |
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: StatefulSet
+    metadata:
+      name: data-db-mongodb-sharded-shard${i}-data
+    spec:
+      volumeClaimTemplates:
+       - metadata:
+           name: datadir
+           annotations: {}
+         spec:
+           accessModes:
+           - "ReadWriteOnce"
+           resources:
+             requests:
+               storage: "8Gi"
+           storageClassName: standard
 EOF
     done
 }
+
+generate_kustomization "$@"
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