diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-mcp-server/openshift-openshift-mcp-server-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-mcp-server/openshift-openshift-mcp-server-main.yaml
index 300a9694694e7..616965b0aa66e 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-mcp-server/openshift-openshift-mcp-server-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-mcp-server/openshift-openshift-mcp-server-main.yaml
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ tests:
     cluster_profile: openshift-org-aws
     env:
       ANTHROPIC_USE_VERTEX: ""
+      ASSERTION_PASS_RATE: "0.8"
       EVAL_CONFIG: evals/core-eval-testing/builtin-google/eval-core.yaml
       EVAL_LABEL_SELECTOR: suite=core
       GEMINI_USE_VERTEX: "1"
       GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION: us-east5
       GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT: ocp-mcp-server-team
+      TASK_PASS_RATE: "0.8"
     test:
     - chain: openshift-mcp-server-mcpchecker-eval-vertex
     workflow: ipi-aws
@@ -58,11 +60,13 @@ tests:
     cluster_profile: openshift-org-aws
     env:
       ANTHROPIC_USE_VERTEX: "1"
+      ASSERTION_PASS_RATE: "0.8"
       EVAL_CONFIG: evals/core-eval-testing/builtin-anthropic/eval-core.yaml
       EVAL_LABEL_SELECTOR: suite=core
       GEMINI_USE_VERTEX: ""
       GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION: us-east5
       GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT: ocp-mcp-server-team
+      TASK_PASS_RATE: "0.8"
     test:
     - chain: openshift-mcp-server-mcpchecker-eval-vertex
     workflow: ipi-aws
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/mcp-server/mcpchecker-eval/openshift-mcp-server-mcpchecker-eval-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/mcp-server/mcpchecker-eval/openshift-mcp-server-mcpchecker-eval-commands.sh
index 12ed750bbdb19..7a9b94c7ca16a 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/mcp-server/mcpchecker-eval/openshift-mcp-server-mcpchecker-eval-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/mcp-server/mcpchecker-eval/openshift-mcp-server-mcpchecker-eval-commands.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 export KUBECONFIG="${SHARED_DIR}/kubeconfig"
+export MCP_EVAL_KUBECONFIG="${KUBECONFIG}"
 
 # Source credentials written by the preceding setup step
 if [[ -f "${SHARED_DIR}/mcpchecker-creds.env" ]]; then