diff --git a/internal/testbed/integration/redaction/e2e_test.go b/internal/testbed/integration/redaction/e2e_test.go
index a290873a..632fae7a 100644
--- a/internal/testbed/integration/redaction/e2e_test.go
+++ b/internal/testbed/integration/redaction/e2e_test.go
@@ -59,4 +59,15 @@ func TestE2E_ClusterRBAC(t *testing.T) {
 		OtlpEndpoint: fmt.Sprintf("otelcol-%s.%s:4317", testID, testNs),
 		DataTypes:    []string{"traces"},
 	}
+	telemetryGenObjs, telemetryGenObjInfos := k8stest.CreateTelemetryGenObjects(t, k8sClient, createTeleOpts)
+	defer func() {
+		for _, obj := range append(collectorObjs, telemetryGenObjs...) {
+			require.NoErrorf(t, k8stest.DeleteObject(k8sClient, obj), "failed to delete object %s", obj.GetName())
+		}
+	}()
+
+	for _, info := range telemetryGenObjInfos {
+		k8stest.WaitForTelemetryGenToStart(t, k8sClient, info.Namespace, info.PodLabelSelectors, info.Workload, info.DataType)
+	}
+
 }