diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-k8s.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-k8s.yaml
index 286674e336..457b81d948 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-k8s.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-k8s.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
       with:
         context: .
+        file: parsl/tests/ci_k8s/Dockerfile
         tags: parsl:ci
 
     - name: Push docker image into kubernetes cluster
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: launch pytest Job
       run: |
         free -h
-        kubectl create -f ./pytest-task.yaml 
+        kubectl create -f parsl/tests/ci_k8s/pytest-task.yaml 
 
     - name: wait for pytest Job
       run: |
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/parsl/tests/ci_k8s/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from Dockerfile
rename to parsl/tests/ci_k8s/Dockerfile
diff --git a/pytest-task.yaml b/parsl/tests/ci_k8s/pytest-task.yaml
similarity index 77%
rename from pytest-task.yaml
rename to parsl/tests/ci_k8s/pytest-task.yaml
index 03758ce2cf..65bfca4e47 100644
--- a/pytest-task.yaml
+++ b/parsl/tests/ci_k8s/pytest-task.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: pytest
         image: parsl:ci
-        command: ["bash", "runme.sh"]
+        command: ["bash", "/parsl/parsl/tests/ci_k8s/runme.sh"]
 
diff --git a/runme.sh b/parsl/tests/ci_k8s/runme.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from runme.sh
rename to parsl/tests/ci_k8s/runme.sh