diff --git a/e2e/gpu/gpu_test.go b/e2e/gpu/gpu_test.go
index e44593632d..5278703ed8 100644
--- a/e2e/gpu/gpu_test.go
+++ b/e2e/gpu/gpu_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package gpu
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"os"
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/e2e/internal/contrasttest"
+	"github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/e2e/internal/kubeclient"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/internal/kuberesource"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/internal/manifest"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/internal/platforms"
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	gpuPodName = "gpu-pod"
-	gpuName    = "NVIDIA H100 PCIe"
+	gpuDeploymentName = "gpu-tester"
+	gpuName           = "NVIDIA H100 PCIe"
 )
 
 // TestGPU runs e2e tests on an GPU-enabled Contrast.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestGPU(t *testing.T) {
 	runtimeHandler, err := manifest.RuntimeHandler(platform)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	resources := kuberesource.OpenSSL()
+	resources := kuberesource.GPU()
 	coordinator := kuberesource.CoordinatorBundle()
 
 	resources = append(resources, coordinator...)
@@ -52,31 +52,20 @@ func TestGPU(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.True(t, t.Run("contrast verify", ct.Verify), "contrast verify needs to succeed for subsequent tests")
 
-	applyGPUPod := func(t *testing.T) {
-		yaml, err := os.ReadFile("./e2e/gpu/testdata/gpu-pod.yaml")
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		yaml = bytes.ReplaceAll(
-			bytes.ReplaceAll(yaml, []byte("@@REPLACE_NAMESPACE@@"), []byte(ct.Namespace)),
-			[]byte("@@REPLACE_RUNTIME@@"), []byte(ct.RuntimeClassName),
-		)
-
-		ct.ApplyFromYAML(t, yaml)
-	}
-
-	require.True(t, t.Run("apply GPU pod", applyGPUPod), "GPU pod needs to deploy successfully for subsequent tests")
-
 	t.Run("check GPU availability", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), ct.FactorPlatformTimeout(5*time.Minute))
 		defer cancel()
 
 		require := require.New(t)
 
-		err := ct.Kubeclient.WaitForPod(ctx, ct.Namespace, gpuPodName)
-		require.NoError(err, "GPU pod %s did not start", gpuPodName)
+		require.NoError(ct.Kubeclient.WaitFor(ctx, kubeclient.Ready, kubeclient.Deployment{}, ct.Namespace, gpuDeploymentName))
+
+		pods, err := ct.Kubeclient.PodsFromDeployment(ctx, ct.Namespace, gpuDeploymentName)
+		require.NoError(err)
+		require.Len(pods, 1, "pod not found: %s/%s", ct.Namespace, gpuDeploymentName)
 
 		argv := []string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "nvidia-smi"}
-		stdout, stderr, err := ct.Kubeclient.Exec(ctx, ct.Namespace, gpuPodName, argv)
+		stdout, stderr, err := ct.Kubeclient.Exec(ctx, ct.Namespace, pods[0].Name, argv)
 		require.NoError(err, "stderr: %q", stderr)
 
 		require.Contains(stdout, gpuName, "nvidia-smi output should contain %s", gpuName)
diff --git a/e2e/gpu/testdata/gpu-pod.yaml b/e2e/gpu/testdata/gpu-pod.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fc9546c55..0000000000
--- a/e2e/gpu/testdata/gpu-pod.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# TODO(msanft): Move this to internal/kuberesource/sets.go as soon as genpolicy
-# support for GPU pods is added.
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: gpu-pod
-  namespace: "@@REPLACE_NAMESPACE@@"
-  annotations:
-    # Allow-all policy
-    # TODO(msanft): Generate a policy dynamically once we support policy generation for GPU pods.
-    io.katacontainers.config.agent.policy: 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
-    io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_memory: "15258"
-    cdi.k8s.io/gpu: "nvidia.com/pgpu=0"
-spec:
-  runtimeClassName: "@@REPLACE_RUNTIME@@"
-  restartPolicy: OnFailure
-  containers:
-    - name: vllm
-      image: ghcr.io/edgelesssys/contrast/ubuntu:24.04
-      env:
-        - name: NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES
-          value: all
-      resources:
-        limits:
-          "nvidia.com/GH100_H100_PCIE": 1
diff --git a/internal/kuberesource/sets.go b/internal/kuberesource/sets.go
index 904fd9f831..35cfbb6a30 100644
--- a/internal/kuberesource/sets.go
+++ b/internal/kuberesource/sets.go
@@ -743,3 +743,39 @@ done
 		client,
 	}
 }
+
+// GPU returns the resources for deploying a GPU test pod.
+func GPU() []any {
+	tester := Deployment("gpu-tester", "").
+		WithSpec(DeploymentSpec().
+			WithReplicas(1).
+			WithSelector(LabelSelector().
+				WithMatchLabels(map[string]string{"app.kubernetes.io/name": "gpu-tester"}),
+			).
+			WithTemplate(PodTemplateSpec().
+				WithLabels(map[string]string{"app.kubernetes.io/name": "gpu-tester"}).
+				WithAnnotations(map[string]string{
+					"io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_memory": "15258",
+					"cdi.k8s.io/gpu": "nvidia.com/pgpu=0",
+				}).
+				WithSpec(PodSpec().
+					WithContainers(
+						Container().
+							WithName("gpu-tester").
+							WithImage("ghcr.io/edgelesssys/contrast/ubuntu:24.04").
+							WithCommand("/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep inf").
+							WithEnv(EnvVar().
+								WithName("NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES").WithValue("all"),
+							).
+							WithResources(ResourceRequirements().
+								WithLimits(corev1.ResourceList{
+									corev1.ResourceName("nvidia.com/GH100_H100_PCIE"): resource.MustParse("1"),
+								}),
+							),
+					),
+				),
+			),
+		)
+
+	return []any{tester}
+}