diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-demo-clusters.yml b/.github/workflows/create-demo-clusters.yml
index 1c9a0bb..955581c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-demo-clusters.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-demo-clusters.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ on:
       kube-burner-config-repo:
         description: The repository where the kube-burner config files can be found
         type: string
+      berserker-config-repo:
+        description: The repository where the berserker kube-burner config files can be found
+        type: string
+        default: JoukoVirtanen/kube-burner-ocp
+      berserker-config-ref:
+        description: Ref of where the berserker kube-burner config files can be found
+        type: string
+        default: jv-fix-runOnce
       cluster-with-fake-load-name:
         description: "The name of the long running cluster where the central deployment is run with a sensor that creates its own fake workload. Must comply to the regex: [a-z][a-z0-9-]{1,26}[a-z0-9]"
         type: string
@@ -46,7 +54,7 @@ env:
   GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
   GH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER: 1
   TIMEOUT_WAIT_FOR_IMAGES_SECONDS: 3600
-  LONG_RUNNING_CLUSTER_LIFESPAN: "168h"
+  LONG_RUNNING_CLUSTER_LIFESPAN: "6h"
   METRICS_COLLECTION_TIME: "30m"
 
 jobs:
@@ -480,6 +488,12 @@ jobs:
           repository: stackrox/${{ inputs.kube-burner-config-repo }}
           path: .kube-burner-config
           ref: ${{ needs.parse-refs.outputs.burner-ref }}
+      - name: Check out berserker config repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ inputs.berserker-config-repo }}
+          path: .berserker-config
+          ref: ${{ inputs.berserker-config-ref }}
       # TODO(ROX-29223): Remove once old versions don't use the benchmark-operator
       - name: Check out cloud-bulldozer/benchmark-operator code
         run: |
@@ -509,9 +523,12 @@ jobs:
           REGISTRY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.QUAY_RHACS_ENG_RO_USERNAME }}
           REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_RHACS_ENG_RO_PASSWORD }}
           ELASTICSEARCH_URL: "https://${{ secrets.K6_ELASTICSEARCH_USER }}:${{ secrets.K6_ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD }}@${{ secrets.K6_ELASTICSEARCH_URL }}"
+          BERSERKER_CONFIGMAP_TEMPLATE: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${{ inputs.berserker-config-repo }}/${{ inputs.berserker-config-ref }}/cmd/config/berserker-load/berserker-configmap.yml"
+          BERSERKER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${{ inputs.berserker-config-repo }}/${{ inputs.berserker-config-ref }}/cmd/config/berserker-load/service.yml"
+          BERSERKER_CONTAINERS_FILE: "berserker-default-containers.yml"
         uses: ./.actions/release/start-kube-burner
         with:
-          kube-burner-config-dir: ./.kube-burner-config/scripts/release-tools/kube-burner-configs/berserker-load
+          kube-burner-config-dir: ./.berserker-config/cmd/config/berserker-load
           benchmark-operator-dir: ${{ github.workspace }}/benchmark-operator
 
   start-kube-burner-for-central:
diff --git a/release/start-kube-burner/kube-burner.yaml b/release/start-kube-burner/kube-burner.yaml
index bb099b1..7469710 100644
--- a/release/start-kube-burner/kube-burner.yaml
+++ b/release/start-kube-burner/kube-burner.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: kube-burner
-        image: quay.io/kube-burner/kube-burner:v1.4.3
+        image: quay.io/kube-burner/kube-burner:v2.6.2
         command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
         args:
           - |
@@ -23,15 +23,39 @@ spec:
               curl -G --silent http://monitoring.stackrox.svc.cluster.local:9090/api/v1/query --data-urlencode 'query=time()' | sed 's|.*\[||' | sed 's|\..*||'
             }
             cd /etc/kube-burner
-            config=config.yml
+            config=berserker-load.yml
             metrics_profile=/etc/kube-burner-metrics/metrics.yml
             prometheus_url="http://monitoring.stackrox.svc.cluster.local:9090"
-            (kube-burner init --config="$config" --metrics-profile="$metrics_profile" --prometheus-url="$prometheus_url" --timeout=1000h || true) &
+            cat > /tmp/vars.yml <<VARSEOF
+            GC: $GC
+            GC_METRICS: $GC_METRICS
+            DELETION_STRATEGY: $DELETION_STRATEGY
+            POD_READY_THRESHOLD: $POD_READY_THRESHOLD
+            ES_SERVER: "$ES_SERVER"
+            ES_INDEX: "$ES_INDEX"
+            LOCAL_INDEXING: $LOCAL_INDEXING
+            METRICS: $METRICS
+            ALERTS: "$ALERTS"
+            UUID: $UUID
+            JOB_ITERATIONS: $JOB_ITERATIONS
+            JOB_PAUSE: $JOB_PAUSE
+            QPS: $QPS
+            BURST: $BURST
+            CHURN_CYCLES: $CHURN_CYCLES
+            CHURN_DURATION: $CHURN_DURATION
+            CHURN_DELAY: $CHURN_DELAY
+            CHURN_PERCENT: $CHURN_PERCENT
+            CHURN_MODE: $CHURN_MODE
+            MAX_WAIT_TIMEOUT: $MAX_WAIT_TIMEOUT
+            DAEMONSET_REPLICAS: $DAEMONSET_REPLICAS
+            SERVICE_REPLICAS: $SERVICE_REPLICAS
+            VARSEOF
+            (kube-burner init --config="$config" --user-data=/tmp/vars.yml --skip-log-file --timeout=1000h || true) &
             while true; do
               start="$(get_epoch_time)"
               sleep "$METRICS_COLLECTION_TIME"
               end="$(get_epoch_time)"
-              kube-burner index --config="$config" --metrics-profile="$metrics_profile" --prometheus-url="$prometheus_url" --start "$start" --end "$end" --step "$METRICS_TIME_STEP" --uuid="$UUID"
+              kube-burner index --metrics-profile="$metrics_profile" --prometheus-url="$prometheus_url" --start "$start" --end "$end" --step "$METRICS_TIME_STEP" --uuid="$UUID" --es-server "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL" --es-index kube-burner-long-running-test
             done
         volumeMounts:
         - name: config
@@ -60,6 +84,63 @@ spec:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: kube-burner-secret
               key: METRICS_TIME_STEP
+        - name: GC
+          value: "true"
+        - name: GC_METRICS
+          value: "false"
+        - name: DELETION_STRATEGY
+          value: "gvr"
+        - name: POD_READY_THRESHOLD
+          value: "0"
+        - name: ES_SERVER
+          value: ""
+        - name: ES_INDEX
+          value: ""
+        - name: LOCAL_INDEXING
+          value: "false"
+        - name: METRICS
+          value: "metrics.yml"
+        - name: ALERTS
+          value: ""
+        - name: JOB_ITERATIONS
+          value: "5"
+        - name: JOB_PAUSE
+          value: "0s"
+        - name: QPS
+          value: "20"
+        - name: BURST
+          value: "20"
+        - name: CHURN_CYCLES
+          value: "0"
+        - name: CHURN_DURATION
+          value: "1000h"
+        - name: CHURN_DELAY
+          value: "10m0s"
+        - name: CHURN_PERCENT
+          value: "80"
+        - name: CHURN_MODE
+          value: "namespaces"
+        - name: MAX_WAIT_TIMEOUT
+          value: "12m0s"
+        - name: DAEMONSET_REPLICAS
+          value: "6"
+        - name: SERVICE_REPLICAS
+          value: "6"
+        - name: BERSERKER_CONFIGMAP_TEMPLATE
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: kube-burner-secret
+              key: BERSERKER_CONFIGMAP_TEMPLATE
+        - name: BERSERKER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: kube-burner-secret
+              key: BERSERKER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE
+        - name: BERSERKER_CONTAINERS_FILE
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: kube-burner-secret
+              key: BERSERKER_CONTAINERS_FILE
       volumes:
       - name: config
         configMap:
diff --git a/release/start-kube-burner/start-kube-burner.sh b/release/start-kube-burner/start-kube-burner.sh
index 168386c..7a19040 100755
--- a/release/start-kube-burner/start-kube-burner.sh
+++ b/release/start-kube-burner/start-kube-burner.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ dockerconfigjson="$(kubectl -n stackrox get secret stackrox -o yaml | grep docke
 secret_template="${KUBE_BURNER_CONFIG_DIR_BASE}/secret_template.yml"
 secret_file="${KUBE_BURNER_CONFIG_DIR}/secret.yml"
 
-gh_log notice "Patching $secret_template"
-sed "s|__DOCKERCONFIGJSON__|$dockerconfigjson|" "$secret_template" > "$secret_file" 
+if [ -f "$secret_template" ]; then
+  gh_log notice "Patching $secret_template"
+  sed "s|__DOCKERCONFIGJSON__|$dockerconfigjson|" "$secret_template" > "$secret_file"
+fi
 
 kubectl create ns kube-burner
 
@@ -43,6 +45,9 @@ kubectl create secret generic kube-burner-secret \
     --from-literal=UUID="$uuid" \
     --from-literal=METRICS_COLLECTION_TIME="$METRICS_COLLECTION_TIME" \
     --from-literal=METRICS_TIME_STEP="5m" \
+    --from-literal=BERSERKER_CONFIGMAP_TEMPLATE="${BERSERKER_CONFIGMAP_TEMPLATE}" \
+    --from-literal=BERSERKER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE="${BERSERKER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE}" \
+    --from-literal=BERSERKER_CONTAINERS_FILE="${BERSERKER_CONTAINERS_FILE}" \
     --namespace=kube-burner
 
 kubectl create -f "${DIR}"/kube-burner.yaml