diff --git a/pkg/e2e-test.sh b/pkg/e2e-test.sh
index 744ad6f6d..ddda8e03b 100755
--- a/pkg/e2e-test.sh
+++ b/pkg/e2e-test.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ echo "installing gocovmerge"
 make gocovmerge
 docker kill $(docker ps -q) || true
 echo "starting services"
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up -d --force-recreate --build
+docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up -d --build
 
 echo "building CLI and server"
 # set the path to the root of the repo