diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-kind.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-kind.yaml
index ff3187051..65517804c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-kind.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-kind.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-trivy-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-trivy-scan.yml
index ac463863b..dc8363e39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-trivy-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-trivy-scan.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
         uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-changelog-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-changelog-check.yml
index 96052fc2d..6cda5a63e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-changelog-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-changelog-check.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: Check out the code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Changelog check
       if: ${{ !(contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'kind/changelog-not-required') || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Design') || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Website') || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Documentation'))}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-ci-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-ci-check.yml
index 23f7a12f1..0a394560a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-ci-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-ci-check.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-codespell.yml
index 041403149..9f8e44825 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-codespell.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: Check out the code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Codespell
       uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-containers.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-containers.yml
index 345f24362..0f1823f8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-containers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-containers.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       name: Checkout
 
     - name: Set up QEMU
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-goreleaser.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-goreleaser.yml
index aed88ab14..2fdc5bc6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-goreleaser.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       name: Checkout
 
     - name: Verify .goreleaser.yml and try a dryrun release.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-linter-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-linter-check.yml
index f3b4397b4..997466ccf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-linter-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-linter-check.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-builder.yml b/.github/workflows/push-builder.yml
index d4461bbdd..0663ffd2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-builder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-builder.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         # The default value is "1" which fetches only a single commit. If we merge PR without squash or rebase,
         # there are at least two commits: the first one is the merge commit and the second one is the real commit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 212167e98..8dee8799a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rebase.yml b/.github/workflows/rebase.yml
index 7a538a114..e7cd1fccb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rebase.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rebase.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout the latest code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Automatic Rebase
diff --git a/test/util/velero/install.go b/test/util/velero/install.go
index ac993b434..2f4eb43de 100644
--- a/test/util/velero/install.go
+++ b/test/util/velero/install.go
@@ -187,10 +187,15 @@ func VeleroInstall(ctx context.Context, veleroCfg *test.VeleroConfig, isStandbyC
 			WorkerOS:                         veleroCfg.WorkerOS,
 		},
 	); err != nil {
-		time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
-		RunDebug(context.Background(), veleroCfg.VeleroCLI, veleroCfg.VeleroNamespace, "", "")
+		RunDebug(ctx, veleroCfg.VeleroCLI, veleroCfg.VeleroNamespace, "", "")
 		return errors.WithMessagef(err, "Failed to install Velero in the cluster")
 	}
+
+	if err := CheckBSL(ctx, veleroCfg.VeleroNamespace, common.DefaultBSLName); err != nil {
+		RunDebug(ctx, veleroCfg.VeleroCLI, veleroCfg.VeleroNamespace, "", "")
+		return fmt.Errorf("fail to wait BSL default till ready: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	fmt.Printf("Finish velero install %s\n", time.Now().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
 	return nil
 }
@@ -754,32 +759,35 @@ func IsVeleroReady(ctx context.Context, veleroCfg *test.VeleroConfig) (bool, err
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Check BSL with poll
-	err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, k8s.PollInterval, time.Minute, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-		return checkBSL(ctx, veleroCfg) == nil, nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to check the bsl")
+	if err := CheckBSL(ctx, namespace, common.DefaultBSLName); err != nil {
+		return false, err
 	}
+
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-func checkBSL(ctx context.Context, veleroCfg *test.VeleroConfig) error {
-	namespace := veleroCfg.VeleroNamespace
-	stdout, stderr, err := velerexec.RunCommand(exec.CommandContext(ctx, "kubectl", "get", "bsl", "default",
-		"-o", "json", "-n", namespace))
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get bsl %s stdout=%s, stderr=%s", veleroCfg.BSLBucket, stdout, stderr)
-	} else {
-		bsl := &velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation{}
-		if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(stdout), bsl); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to unmarshal the velero bsl")
+func CheckBSL(ctx context.Context, ns string, bslName string) error {
+	// Check BSL with poll
+	err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, k8s.PollInterval, time.Minute, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		stdout, stderr, err := velerexec.RunCommand(exec.CommandContext(ctx, "kubectl", "get", "bsl", bslName,
+			"-o", "json", "-n", ns))
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get bsl %s stdout=%s, stderr=%s", bslName, stdout, stderr)
+		} else {
+			bsl := &velerov1api.BackupStorageLocation{}
+			if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(stdout), bsl); err != nil {
+				return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to unmarshal the velero bsl")
+			}
+			if bsl.Status.Phase != velerov1api.BackupStorageLocationPhaseAvailable {
+				// BSL is not ready. Continue polling till timeout.
+				return false, nil
+			}
 		}
-		if bsl.Status.Phase != velerov1api.BackupStorageLocationPhaseAvailable {
-			return fmt.Errorf("current bsl %s is not available", veleroCfg.BSLBucket)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
+
+		return true, nil
+	})
+
+	return err
 }
 
 func PrepareVelero(ctx context.Context, caseName string, veleroCfg test.VeleroConfig) error {
diff --git a/test/util/velero/velero_utils.go b/test/util/velero/velero_utils.go
index ab4ce5724..1d17e4ace 100644
--- a/test/util/velero/velero_utils.go
+++ b/test/util/velero/velero_utils.go
@@ -653,7 +653,12 @@ func VeleroCreateBackupLocation(ctx context.Context,
 	if secretName != "" && secretKey != "" {
 		args = append(args, "--credential", fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", secretName, secretKey))
 	}
-	return VeleroCmdExec(ctx, veleroCLI, args)
+
+	if err := VeleroCmdExec(ctx, veleroCLI, args); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return CheckBSL(ctx, veleroNamespace, name)
 }
 
 func VeleroVersion(ctx context.Context, veleroCLI, veleroNamespace string) error {