diff --git a/e2e/Makefile b/e2e/Makefile
index 3dffb79..e1579fa 100644
--- a/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/e2e/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ run-test-pod-%:
 .PHONY: install-test-pod
 install-test-pod:
 	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory run-test-pod-self
-	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory DEPLOYMENT_REPLICAS=2 run-test-pod-l3-ingress-explicit-allow-all
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory run-test-pod-l3-ingress-explicit-allow-all
 	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory run-test-pod-l3-ingress-implicit-deny-all
 	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory run-test-pod-l3-ingress-explicit-deny-all
 	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory run-test-pod-l3-egress-implicit-deny-all
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ install-test-pod:
 	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory run-test-pod-l4-ingress-all-allow-tcp
 	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory wait-for-workloads
 
+	# Cilium-agents on different nodes may simultaneously create multiple CiliumIdentities for a same set of labels.
+	# To enforce the following test deployment to use a same CiliumIdentity, we first create it with replicas=1 and then upscale.
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory DEPLOYMENT_REPLICAS=2 run-test-pod-l3-ingress-explicit-allow-all
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory wait-for-workloads
+
 	kubectl apply -f testdata/policy/l3.yaml
 	kubectl apply -f testdata/policy/l4.yaml
 
diff --git a/e2e/id_test.go b/e2e/id_test.go
index 5ccb805..a5c9135 100644
--- a/e2e/id_test.go
+++ b/e2e/id_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -37,10 +40,38 @@ func testIdLabel() {
 }
 
 func testIdSummary() {
-	expected := `{"default":1,"kube-system":2,"local-path-storage":1,"test":12}`
+	cases := []struct {
+		Namespace string
+		Count     int
+	}{
+		{
+			Namespace: "default",
+			Count:     1,
+		},
+		{
+			Namespace: "kube-system",
+			Count:     3,
+		},
+		{
+			Namespace: "local-path-storage",
+			Count:     1,
+		},
+		{
+			Namespace: "test",
+			Count:     13,
+		},
+	}
 	It("should show ID summary", func() {
-		result := runViewerSafe(Default, nil, "id", "summary", "-o=json")
-		result = jqSafe(Default, result, "-c")
-		Expect(string(result)).To(Equal(expected), "compare failed.\nactual: %s\nexpected: %s", string(result), expected)
+		for _, c := range cases {
+			resultData := runViewerSafe(Default, nil, "id", "summary", "-o=json")
+			resultData = jqSafe(Default, resultData, "-r", fmt.Sprintf(`."%s"`, c.Namespace))
+			result, err := strconv.Atoi(string(resultData))
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			expected := c.Count
+
+			// Multiple CiliumIdentities may be generated for a same set of security-relevant labels
+			Expect(result).To(BeNumerically(">=", expected), "compare failed. namespace: %s\nactual: %d\nexpected: %d", result, expected)
+		}
 	})
 }