diff --git a/.github/scripts/wait_for_pods_to_be_ready.py b/.github/scripts/wait_for_pods_to_be_ready.py
index 6f731b3d6c..c695cb5c72 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/wait_for_pods_to_be_ready.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/wait_for_pods_to_be_ready.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def main():
 
 
 def get_pods():
-    cmd = ['kubectl', 'get', 'pods', '-l', 'app=loculus', '-n', 'loculus', '-o', 'json']
+    cmd = ['kubectl', 'get', 'pods', '-l', 'app=loculus', '-o', 'json']
     result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
     return json.loads(result.stdout)['items']