diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/10524-krishhna24 b/changelogs/unreleased/10524-krishhna24
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02943adfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/10524-krishhna24
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use the Kind constant instead of the kind string literal in the e2e tests
diff --git a/test/e2e/backups/deletion.go b/test/e2e/backups/deletion.go
index a9ee3ce5f..e96433d1a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/backups/deletion.go
+++ b/test/e2e/backups/deletion.go
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ func runBackupDeletionTests(client TestClient, veleroCfg VeleroConfig, backupLoc
 	nsCount := len(workloadNamespaceList)
 	workloadNamespaces := strings.Join(workloadNamespaceList[:], ",")
 
-	if useVolumeSnapshots && veleroCfg.CloudProvider == "kind" {
-		Skip("Volume snapshots not supported on kind")
+	if useVolumeSnapshots && veleroCfg.CloudProvider == Kind {
+		Skip(fmt.Sprintf("Volume snapshots not supported on %s", Kind))
 	}
 	oneHourTimeout, ctxCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute*60)
 	defer ctxCancel()
diff --git a/test/e2e/basic/namespace-mapping.go b/test/e2e/basic/namespace-mapping.go
index a5a0cc1be..59e3c0939 100644
--- a/test/e2e/basic/namespace-mapping.go
+++ b/test/e2e/basic/namespace-mapping.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/test"
 	. "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/test/e2e/test"
 	. "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/test/util/k8s"
 	. "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/test/util/kibishii"
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func (n *NamespaceMapping) Init() error {
 	n.VeleroCfg.UseVolumeSnapshots = n.UseVolumeSnapshots
 	n.VeleroCfg.UseNodeAgent = !n.UseVolumeSnapshots
 	n.kibishiiData = &KibishiiData{Levels: 2, DirsPerLevel: 10, FilesPerLevel: 10, FileLength: 1024, BlockSize: 1024, PassNum: 0, ExpectedNodes: 2}
-	if n.VeleroCfg.CloudProvider == "kind" {
+	if n.VeleroCfg.CloudProvider == test.Kind {
 		n.kibishiiData = &KibishiiData{Levels: 0, DirsPerLevel: 0, FilesPerLevel: 0, FileLength: 0, BlockSize: 0, PassNum: 0, ExpectedNodes: 2}
 	}
 	backupType := "fs-backup"
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func (n *NamespaceMapping) Init() error {
 		"create", "--namespace", n.VeleroCfg.VeleroNamespace, "backup", n.BackupName,
 		"--include-namespaces", strings.Join(*n.NSIncluded, ","), "--wait",
 	}
-	if n.VeleroCfg.CloudProvider == "kind" {
+	if n.VeleroCfg.CloudProvider == test.Kind {
 		// don't test volume snapshotter or file system backup on kind
 		n.BackupArgs = append(n.BackupArgs, "--snapshot-volumes=false")
 		n.UseVolumeSnapshots = false