diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go b/tests/e2e/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
index 089718f76..56dcbbffc 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	currentRuntimeVersion   = "1.5.0-rc.3"
-	currentDashboardVersion = "0.9.0-rc.1"
+	currentRuntimeVersion   = "1.5.0"
+	currentDashboardVersion = "0.9.0"
 )
 
 var currentVersionDetails = common.VersionDetails{
diff --git a/tests/e2e/standalone/standalone_test.go b/tests/e2e/standalone/standalone_test.go
index e6c626e05..a5f112979 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/standalone/standalone_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/standalone/standalone_test.go
@@ -33,14 +33,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	daprRuntimeVersion   = "1.4.0"
-	daprDashboardVersion = "0.8.0"
+	daprRuntimeVersion   = "1.5.0"
+	daprDashboardVersion = "0.9.0"
 )
 
-var socketCases = []string{"", "/tmp"}
+// Removing unix domain socket tests till shutdown API with unix domain sockets is fixed.
+// https://github.com/dapr/dapr/issues/3894
+var socketCases = []string{""}
 
 func TestStandaloneInstall(t *testing.T) {
-	// Ensure a clean environment
+	// Ensure a clean environment.
 	uninstall()
 
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -248,7 +250,10 @@ func testInstall(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 			output = strings.TrimSpace(output)
-			if !assert.Equal(t, version, output) {
+			// Changing version check since there is a log that is output on daprd --version
+			// 2021/11/12 11:10:38 maxprocs: Leaving GOMAXPROCS=12: CPU quota undefined
+			// before the version is output
+			if !assert.Contains(t, output, version) {
 				return
 			}
 			delete(binaries, bin)
@@ -377,14 +382,14 @@ func testRun(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, output, "Exited Dapr successfully")
 	})
 
-	t.Run("API shutdown with socket", func(t *testing.T) {
-		// Test that the CLI exits on a daprd shutdown.
-		output, err := spawn.Command(daprPath, "run", "--app-id", "testapp", "--unix-domain-socket", "/tmp", "--", "bash", "-c", "curl --unix-socket /tmp/dapr-testapp-http.socket -v -X POST http://unix/v1.0/shutdown; sleep 10; exit 1")
-		t.Log(output)
-		require.NoError(t, err, "run failed")
-		assert.Contains(t, output, "Exited App successfully", "App should be shutdown before it has a chance to return non-zero")
-		assert.Contains(t, output, "Exited Dapr successfully")
-	})
+	// t.Run("API shutdown with socket", func(t *testing.T) {
+	// 	// Test that the CLI exits on a daprd shutdown.
+	// 	output, err := spawn.Command(daprPath, "run", "--app-id", "testapp", "--unix-domain-socket", "/tmp", "--", "bash", "-c", "curl --unix-socket /tmp/dapr-testapp-http.socket -v -X POST http://unix/v1.0/shutdown; sleep 10; exit 1")
+	// 	t.Log(output)
+	// 	require.NoError(t, err, "run failed")
+	// 	assert.Contains(t, output, "Exited App successfully", "App should be shutdown before it has a chance to return non-zero")
+	// 	assert.Contains(t, output, "Exited Dapr successfully")
+	// })
 }
 
 func executeAgainstRunningDapr(t *testing.T, f func(), daprArgs ...string) {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/upgrade/upgrade_test.go b/tests/e2e/upgrade/upgrade_test.go
index 6f617e858..76d60ecef 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/upgrade/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/upgrade/upgrade_test.go
@@ -46,8 +46,25 @@ var supportedUpgradePaths = []upgradePath{
 			CustomResourceDefs:  []string{"components.dapr.io", "configurations.dapr.io", "subscriptions.dapr.io"},
 		},
 		next: common.VersionDetails{
-			RuntimeVersion:      "1.5.0-rc.3",
-			DashboardVersion:    "0.9.0-rc.1",
+			RuntimeVersion:      "1.5.0",
+			DashboardVersion:    "0.9.0",
+			ClusterRoles:        []string{"dapr-operator-admin", "dashboard-reader"},
+			ClusterRoleBindings: []string{"dapr-operator", "dapr-role-tokenreview-binding", "dashboard-reader-global"},
+			CustomResourceDefs:  []string{"components.dapr.io", "configurations.dapr.io", "subscriptions.dapr.io"},
+		},
+	},
+	// test downgrade
+	{
+		previous: common.VersionDetails{
+			RuntimeVersion:      "1.5.0",
+			DashboardVersion:    "0.9.0",
+			ClusterRoles:        []string{"dapr-operator-admin", "dashboard-reader"},
+			ClusterRoleBindings: []string{"dapr-operator", "dapr-role-tokenreview-binding", "dashboard-reader-global"},
+			CustomResourceDefs:  []string{"components.dapr.io", "configurations.dapr.io", "subscriptions.dapr.io"},
+		},
+		next: common.VersionDetails{
+			RuntimeVersion:      "1.4.3",
+			DashboardVersion:    "0.8.0",
 			ClusterRoles:        []string{"dapr-operator-admin", "dashboard-reader"},
 			ClusterRoleBindings: []string{"dapr-operator", "dapr-role-tokenreview-binding", "dashboard-reader-global"},
 			CustomResourceDefs:  []string{"components.dapr.io", "configurations.dapr.io", "subscriptions.dapr.io"},