diff --git a/test/e2e/test/test.go b/test/e2e/test/test.go
index 15bde3958..89a8fa71d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test/test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/test/test.go
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ func (t *TestCase) Backup() error {
 		RunDebug(context.Background(), veleroCfg.VeleroCLI, veleroCfg.VeleroNamespace, t.BackupName, "")
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to backup resources")
 	}
+
+	// the snapshots of AWS may be still in pending status when do the restore, wait for a while
+	// to avoid this https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/1799
+	// TODO remove this after https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/3533 is fixed
+	if t.UseVolumeSnapshots {
+		fmt.Println("Waiting 5 minutes to make sure the snapshots are ready...")
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Minute)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/test/util/velero/velero_utils.go b/test/util/velero/velero_utils.go
index 3976480e7..21f895fdd 100644
--- a/test/util/velero/velero_utils.go
+++ b/test/util/velero/velero_utils.go
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ func VeleroAddPluginsForProvider(ctx context.Context, veleroCLI string, veleroNa
 		stdoutBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 		stderrBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 
-		installPluginCmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, veleroCLI, "--namespace", veleroNamespace, "plugin", "add", plugin)
+		installPluginCmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, veleroCLI, "--namespace", veleroNamespace, "plugin", "add", plugin, "--confirm")
 		fmt.Printf("installPluginCmd cmd =%v\n", installPluginCmd)
 		installPluginCmd.Stdout = stdoutBuf
 		installPluginCmd.Stderr = stderrBuf