diff --git a/k8s-tester/cloudwatch-agent/tester.go b/k8s-tester/cloudwatch-agent/tester.go
index 567a356ef..e4a231039 100644
--- a/k8s-tester/cloudwatch-agent/tester.go
+++ b/k8s-tester/cloudwatch-agent/tester.go
@@ -725,11 +725,6 @@ func (ts *tester) createDaemonSet() (err error) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-
-			NodeSelector: map[string]string{
-				// do not deploy in fake nodes, obviously
-				"NodeType": "regular",
-			},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/k8s-tester/fluent-bit/fluent-bit.go b/k8s-tester/fluent-bit/fluent-bit.go
index 173fa4037..698f21e60 100644
--- a/k8s-tester/fluent-bit/fluent-bit.go
+++ b/k8s-tester/fluent-bit/fluent-bit.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const (
 var dirOrCreate = v1.HostPathDirectoryOrCreate
 
 func (ts *tester) createServiceAccount() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating %s: %s", zap.String("ServiceAccount", appName))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating: ", zap.String("ServiceAccount", appName))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
 	_, err := ts.cfg.Client.KubernetesClient().
 		CoreV1().ServiceAccounts(ts.cfg.Namespace).Create(
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (ts *tester) createServiceAccount() error {
 }
 
 func (ts *tester) createRBACRole() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating %s: %s", zap.String("Role", appName))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating: ", zap.String("Role", appName))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
 	_, err := ts.cfg.Client.KubernetesClient().
 		RbacV1().
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (ts *tester) createRBACRole() error {
 }
 
 func (ts *tester) createRBACRoleBinding() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating %s: %s", zap.String("RoleBinding", appName))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating: ", zap.String("RoleBinding", appName))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
 	_, err := ts.cfg.Client.KubernetesClient().
 		RbacV1().
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (ts *tester) createRBACRoleBinding() error {
 }
 
 func (ts *tester) createRBACClusterRole() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating %s: %s", zap.String("ClusterRole", appName))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating: ", zap.String("ClusterRole", appName))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
 	_, err := ts.cfg.Client.KubernetesClient().
 		RbacV1().
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (ts *tester) createRBACClusterRole() error {
 }
 
 func (ts *tester) createRBACClusterRoleBinding() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating %s: %s", zap.String("ClusterRoleBinding", appName))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating: ", zap.String("ClusterRoleBinding", appName))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
 	_, err := ts.cfg.Client.KubernetesClient().
 		RbacV1().
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ const ParsersConf = `
 `
 
 func (ts *tester) createAppConfigMap() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating %s: %s", zap.String("Configmap", appConfigMapNameConfig))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating: ", zap.String("Configmap", appConfigMapNameConfig))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
 	_, err := ts.cfg.Client.KubernetesClient().
 		CoreV1().
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ func (ts *tester) createAppConfigMap() error {
 }
 
 func (ts *tester) createDaemonSet() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating %s: %s", zap.String("Daemonset", appName))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating: ", zap.String("Daemonset", appName))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
 	_, err := ts.cfg.Client.KubernetesClient().
 		AppsV1().
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ func (ts *tester) checkDaemonSet() error {
 }
 
 func (ts *tester) createService() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating %s: %s", zap.String("Service", appName))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("creating: ", zap.String("Service", appName))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
 	_, err := ts.cfg.Client.KubernetesClient().
 		CoreV1().
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ func (ts *tester) createService() error {
 }
 
 func (ts *tester) testHTTPClient() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("Testing HTTP Client for %s: %s", zap.String("Daemonset", appName))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("Testing HTTP Client for ", zap.String("Daemonset", appName))
 	action := fmt.Sprintf("Creating Pod %v to test HTTP Client", containerHTTPClient)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Minute)
 	ginkgo.By(action)
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ func (ts *tester) testHTTPClient() error {
 		if k8s_errors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 			ts.cfg.Logger.Info("resource already exists", zap.String("Pod", containerHTTPClient))
 		}
-		ts.cfg.Logger.Info("failed to create %s: %s (%v)", zap.String("Pod", containerHTTPClient))
+		ts.cfg.Logger.Info("failed to create ", zap.String("Pod", containerHTTPClient))
 	}
 	// Wait 15 seconds for the pod to be spawned
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ func (ts *tester) testHTTPClient() error {
 
 //testLogsWithinNamespace Tests the ability of the logging container to gather applciation logs from a pod within the same namespace.
 func (ts *tester) testLogsWithinNamespace() error {
-	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("Testing ability to display container logs from another container in the same namespace for %s: %s", zap.String("Daemonset", appName))
+	ts.cfg.Logger.Info("Testing ability to display container logs from another container in the same namespace for ", zap.String("Daemonset", appName))
 	action := fmt.Sprintf("Creating Pod %v to test logging within namespace", loggingPod)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Minute)
 	ginkgo.By(action)
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ func (ts *tester) testLogsWithinNamespace() error {
 		if k8s_errors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 			ts.cfg.Logger.Info("resource already exists", zap.String("Pod", loggingPod))
 		}
-		ts.cfg.Logger.Info("failed to create %s: %s (%v)", zap.String("Pod", loggingPod))
+		ts.cfg.Logger.Info("failed to create ", zap.String("Pod", loggingPod))
 		ts.cfg.Logger.Warn("'failure: ", zap.Error(err))
 	}
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
diff --git a/k8s-tester/metrics-server/tester.go b/k8s-tester/metrics-server/tester.go
index 76e0131f5..33c2e3062 100644
--- a/k8s-tester/metrics-server/tester.go
+++ b/k8s-tester/metrics-server/tester.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ subjects:
   namespace: kube-system
 
 ---
-apiVersion: apiregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1
+apiVersion: apiregistration.k8s.io/v1
 kind: APIService
 metadata:
   name: v1beta1.metrics.k8s.io
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ spec:
         emptyDir: {}
       containers:
       - name: metrics-server
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/metrics-server-amd64:v0.3.6
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/metrics-server/metrics-server:v0.5.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         args:
         - --cert-dir=/tmp