diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ed251193c544..8422e4ff799a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ aliases:
   - &release-regex /^(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)(?:-((?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$/
   - &release-branch-regex /^release-\d+\.\d+$/
   - &docker-login echo "$DOCKER_PASS" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USER" --password-stdin
+  - &install-cli curl https://get.okteto.com -sSfL | sh
 
 parameters:
   # The following parameters are filled by GH Actions to run CircleCI jobs
@@ -155,6 +156,8 @@ jobs:
             - v4-pkg-cache-{{ checksum "go.sum" }}
       - attach_workspace:
           at: ./artifacts
+      # Install the latest CLI public available, as the actions tests uses the installed version to checkout the action branch to test
+      - run: *install-cli
       - run:
           name: Run actions integration tests
           command: |
diff --git a/integration/k8s-client.go b/integration/k8s-client.go
index 5bd8b0f41d16..ad406caab18d 100644
--- a/integration/k8s-client.go
+++ b/integration/k8s-client.go
@@ -22,45 +22,12 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/okteto/okteto/integration/commands"
-	"github.com/okteto/okteto/pkg/config"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
-	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
 )
 
-// K8sClient returns a kubernetes client for current KUBECONFIG
-func K8sClient() (*kubernetes.Clientset, *rest.Config, error) {
-	clientConfig := getClientConfig(config.GetKubeconfigPath(), "")
-
-	config, err := clientConfig.ClientConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-
-	client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-	return client, config, nil
-}
-
-func getClientConfig(kubeconfigPaths []string, kubeContext string) clientcmd.ClientConfig {
-	loadingRules := clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()
-	loadingRules.DefaultClientConfig = &clientcmd.DefaultClientConfig
-	loadingRules.Precedence = kubeconfigPaths
-	return clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(
-		loadingRules,
-		&clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{
-			CurrentContext: kubeContext,
-			ClusterInfo:    clientcmdapi.Cluster{Server: ""},
-		},
-	)
-}
-
 func GetPodsBySelector(ctx context.Context, ns, selector string, client kubernetes.Interface) (*corev1.PodList, error) {
 	return client.CoreV1().Pods(ns).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: selector})
 }
diff --git a/integration/okteto.go b/integration/okteto.go
index a56f67658ad0..8e9cadc5f16e 100644
--- a/integration/okteto.go
+++ b/integration/okteto.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package integration
 
 import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -26,8 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/okteto/okteto/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/okteto/okteto/pkg/k8s/kubeconfig"
 	"github.com/okteto/okteto/pkg/model"
 	"github.com/okteto/okteto/pkg/okteto"
 )
@@ -79,16 +78,6 @@ func RunOktetoVersion(oktetoPath string) (string, error) {
 	return string(o), nil
 }
 
-func reduceName(s string) string {
-	return strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
-		switch r {
-		case 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', '_':
-			return -1
-		}
-		return r
-	}, s)
-}
-
 // GetTestNamespace returns the name for a namespace
 func GetTestNamespace(name string) string {
 	runtimeOS := runtime.GOOS
@@ -97,16 +86,13 @@ func GetTestNamespace(name string) string {
 	} else {
 		runtimeOS = runtimeOS[:3]
 	}
-	name = reduceName(strings.ToLower(name))
+	// To avoid namespace name conflicts, we hash the test name, and add a timestamp and the OS as prefix
+	sha := fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha256.Sum256([]byte(name)))
+	finalName := fmt.Sprintf("%d-%s-%s", time.Now().Unix(), runtimeOS, sha[:8])
 	if prefix := os.Getenv("OKTETO_NAMESPACE_PREFIX"); prefix != "" {
-		name = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", prefix, name)
+		finalName = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", prefix, finalName)
 	}
-	return strings.ToLower(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%d", name, runtimeOS, time.Now().Unix()))
-}
-
-// GetCurrentNamespace returns the current namespace of the kubeconfig path
-func GetCurrentNamespace() string {
-	return kubeconfig.CurrentNamespace(config.GetKubeconfigPath())
+	return finalName
 }
 
 // GetContentFromURL returns the content of the url