diff --git a/script/test.sh b/script/test.sh
index d3bdbd4..5df2d93 100755
--- a/script/test.sh
+++ b/script/test.sh
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready node/$CLUSTER_NAME-control-plane
 export EXTERNAL_IP=$(kubectl get nodes -o jsonpath='{.items[].status.addresses[?(@.type == "InternalIP")].address}')
 export BRIDGE_IP="172.18.0.1"
 kubectl get nodes -o wide
-cd $ROOT_DIR/tests &&  go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo -r -v ./e2e
+cd $ROOT_DIR/tests &&  go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo -r -v --label-filter="!slow" ./e2e
diff --git a/tests/e2e/e2e_localai.go b/tests/e2e/e2e_localai.go
index cfe7e94..2327199 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/e2e_localai.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/e2e_localai.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ var _ = Describe("localai test", func() {
 			}
 		})
 
-		It("starts the API", func() {
+		It("starts the API", Label("slow"), func() {
 			By("starting the workload with the associated label")
 			Eventually(func(g Gomega) bool {
 				deploymentPod := &corev1.Pod{}
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ var _ = Describe("localai test", func() {
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 
-		It("Creates a deployment with the expected volumes", func() {
+		It("Creates a deployment with the expected volumes", Label("slow"), func() {
 			By("creating the workload with the associated label")
 			Eventually(func(g Gomega) bool {
 				deployment := &appsv1.Deployment{}