diff --git a/deployment/e2e-ci-runner-rbac.yaml b/deployment/e2e-ci-runner-rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4095d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/e2e-ci-runner-rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+# e2e-ci-runner-rbac.yaml
+#
+# Grants the GitHub Actions runner's service account (Arc Runners) the minimum
+# permissions needed to deploy/teardown an E2E Headlamp instance in the
+# headlamp-plugins-e2e namespace.
+#
+# RBAC is managed via Flux from privilegedescalation/infra — do not apply manually.
+# This manifest is a reference copy in the plugin repo.
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: e2e-ci-runner
+  namespace: headlamp-plugins-e2e
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["configmaps", "serviceaccounts", "events"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "create", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
+    resources: ["deployments"]
+    verbs: ["get", "create", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["services"]
+    verbs: ["get", "create", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: e2e-ci-runner
+  namespace: headlamp-plugins-e2e
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: runners-privilegedescalation-gha-rs-no-permission
+    namespace: arc-runners
+roleRef:
+  kind: Role
+  name: e2e-ci-runner
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-e2e-headlamp.sh b/scripts/deploy-e2e-headlamp.sh
index ed55a84..ddcd094 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-e2e-headlamp.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-e2e-headlamp.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # a ConfigMap volume mount. No custom Docker images — the plugin is built
 # in CI and injected as a ConfigMap.
 #
-# E2E resources are deployed to the `privilegedescalation-dev` namespace. Nothing
+# E2E resources are deployed to the `headlamp-plugins-e2e` namespace. Nothing
 # persists beyond the test run — teardown cleans up all created resources.
 #
 # Prerequisites:
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #   - RBAC applied: kubectl apply -f deployment/e2e-ci-runner-rbac.yaml
 #
 # Environment:
-#   E2E_NAMESPACE     — namespace for E2E Headlamp (default: privilegedescalation-dev)
+#   E2E_NAMESPACE     — namespace for E2E Headlamp (default: headlamp-plugins-e2e)
 #   E2E_RELEASE       — release/resource name prefix (default: headlamp-e2e)
 #   HEADLAMP_VERSION  — Headlamp image tag (default: latest)
 set -euo pipefail
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 DIST_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/dist"
 
-E2E_NAMESPACE="${E2E_NAMESPACE:-privilegedescalation-dev}"
+E2E_NAMESPACE="${E2E_NAMESPACE:-headlamp-plugins-e2e}"
 E2E_RELEASE="${E2E_RELEASE:-headlamp-e2e}"
 HEADLAMP_VERSION="${HEADLAMP_VERSION:-latest}"
 
diff --git a/scripts/teardown-e2e-headlamp.sh b/scripts/teardown-e2e-headlamp.sh
index 0afe16f..081b3ad 100755
--- a/scripts/teardown-e2e-headlamp.sh
+++ b/scripts/teardown-e2e-headlamp.sh
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 # Tears down the dedicated E2E Headlamp instance deployed by deploy-e2e-headlamp.sh.
 #
 # Environment:
-#   E2E_NAMESPACE  — namespace to clean up (default: privilegedescalation-dev)
+#   E2E_NAMESPACE  — namespace to clean up (default: headlamp-plugins-e2e)
 #   E2E_RELEASE    — release/resource name prefix (default: headlamp-e2e)
 set -euo pipefail
 
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 
-E2E_NAMESPACE="${E2E_NAMESPACE:-privilegedescalation-dev}"
+E2E_NAMESPACE="${E2E_NAMESPACE:-headlamp-plugins-e2e}"
 E2E_RELEASE="${E2E_RELEASE:-headlamp-e2e}"
 
 echo "=== E2E Headlamp Teardown ==="