diff --git a/docs/manila-csi-plugin/using-manila-csi-plugin.md b/docs/manila-csi-plugin/using-manila-csi-plugin.md
index fa748fff17..29be4ac5b6 100644
--- a/docs/manila-csi-plugin/using-manila-csi-plugin.md
+++ b/docs/manila-csi-plugin/using-manila-csi-plugin.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Parameter | Required | Description
 ----------|----------|------------
 `shareID` | if `shareName` is not given | The UUID of the share
 `shareName` | if `shareID` is not given | The name of the share
+`shareAccessID` | _no_ | The UUID of the access rule for the share. This parameter is being deprecated and replaced by `shareAccessIDs`.
 `shareAccessIDs` | _yes_ | Comma separated UUIDs of access rules for the share
 `cephfs-mounter` | _no_ | Relevant for CephFS Manila shares. Specifies which mounting method to use with the CSI CephFS driver. Available options are `kernel` and `fuse`, defaults to `fuse`. See [CSI CephFS docs](https://github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/blob/csi-v1.0/docs/deploy-cephfs.md#configuration) for further information.
 `cephfs-kernelMountOptions` | _no_ | Relevant for CephFS Manila shares. Specifies mount options for CephFS kernel client. See [CSI CephFS docs](https://github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/blob/csi-v1.0/docs/deploy-cephfs.md#configuration) for further information.
diff --git a/tests/e2e/cloudprovider/test-lb-service.sh b/tests/e2e/cloudprovider/test-lb-service.sh
index cb57d6ec8c..55617f773f 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/cloudprovider/test-lb-service.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/cloudprovider/test-lb-service.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function _check_lb_tags {
   local tags=$3
 
   if [ -z "$tags" ]; then
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
   fi
   if [[ ! "$tags" =~ (^|[[:space:]])kube_service_(.+?)$svcName($|[[:space:]]) ]]; then
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ EOF
     lbID=$(_check_service_lb_annotation "${service1}")
 
     printf "\n>>>>>>> Validating tags of openstack load balancer %s \n" "$lbID"
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
     _check_lb_tags $lbID $service1 "$tags"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ EOF
     fi
 
     printf "\n>>>>>>> Validating tags of openstack load balancer %s \n" "$lbID"
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
     _check_lb_tags $lbID $service1 "$tags"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ EOF
     wait_for_loadbalancer $lbID
 
     printf "\n>>>>>>> Validating tags of openstack load balancer %s \n" "$lbID"
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
     _check_lb_tags $lbID $service1 "$tags"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ EOF
     wait_for_service_address ${service3}
 
     printf "\n>>>>>>> Validating tags of openstack load balancer %s \n" "$lbID"
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
     _check_lb_tags $lbID $service3 "$tags"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ EOF
     sleep 10
 
     printf "\n>>>>>>> Validating tags of openstack load balancer %s \n" "$lbID"
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
     _check_lb_tags $lbID $service1 "$tags"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ EOF
     sleep 5
 
     printf "\n>>>>>>> Validating tags of openstack load balancer %s \n" "$lbID"
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
     _check_lb_tags $lbID $service1 "$tags"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ EOF
     wait_for_loadbalancer $lbID
 
     printf "\n>>>>>>> Validating tags of openstack load balancer %s \n" "$lbID"
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
     _check_lb_tags $lbID $service1 "$tags"
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ EOF
     lbID=$(_check_service_lb_annotation "${service1}")
 
     printf "\n>>>>>>> Validating tags of openstack load balancer %s \n" "$lbID"
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
     _check_lb_tags $lbID $service1 "$tags"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ EOF
     wait_for_service_deleted ${service1}
 
     printf "\n>>>>>>> Validating tags of openstack load balancer %s \n" "$lbID"
-    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f value -c tags)
+    tags=$(openstack loadbalancer show $lbID -f json -c tags | jq -r '.tags[]')
     tags=$(echo $tags)
     _check_lb_tags $lbID $service1 "$tags"
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/tests/e2e/csi/manila/manilavolume.go b/tests/e2e/csi/manila/manilavolume.go
index a322236565..fa13381fcc 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/csi/manila/manilavolume.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/csi/manila/manilavolume.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ import (
 	storageframework "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/framework"
 )
 
+// Environment variable for DHSS=True mode share network.
+// This must match the variable in testdriver.go.
+var manilaShareNetworkIDForVolume = os.Getenv("MANILA_SHARE_NETWORK_ID")
+
 func runCmd(name string, args ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
 	cmd := exec.Command(name, args...)
@@ -47,9 +52,8 @@ func manilaCreateVolume(
 	ginkgo.By("Creating a test Manila volume externally")
 
 	// Create share.
-
-	out, err := runCmd(
-		"openstack",
+	// Build command arguments, optionally including share network for DHSS=True mode.
+	args := []string{
 		"share",
 		"create",
 		shareProto,
@@ -58,7 +62,14 @@ func manilaCreateVolume(
 		"--format=value",
 		"--column=id",
 		"--wait",
-	)
+	}
+
+	// Support for DHSS=True mode: include share network ID if specified
+	if manilaShareNetworkIDForVolume != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--share-network="+manilaShareNetworkIDForVolume)
+	}
+
+	out, err := runCmd("openstack", args...)
 
 	shareID := strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/csi/manila/testdriver.go b/tests/e2e/csi/manila/testdriver.go
index 46ca175c67..b152065f6f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/csi/manila/testdriver.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/csi/manila/testdriver.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ const (
 	manilaShareSizeGiB    = 1
 )
 
+// Environment variables for DHSS=True (driver_handles_share_servers) mode.
+// Set MANILA_SHARE_NETWORK_ID to enable testing with share networks.
+var (
+	manilaShareNetworkID = os.Getenv("MANILA_SHARE_NETWORK_ID")
+)
+
 type manilaTestDriver struct {
 	driverInfo       storageframework.DriverInfo
 	volumeAttributes []map[string]string
@@ -129,6 +136,11 @@ func (d *manilaTestDriver) GetDynamicProvisionStorageClass(ctx context.Context,
 		"csi.storage.k8s.io/node-publish-secret-namespace":      manilaSecretNamespace,
 	}
 
+	// Support for DHSS=True mode: include share network ID if specified
+	if manilaShareNetworkID != "" {
+		parameters["shareNetworkID"] = manilaShareNetworkID
+	}
+
 	sc := storageframework.GetStorageClass(
 		d.driverInfo.Name,
 		parameters,
diff --git a/tests/playbooks/roles/install-devstack/defaults/main.yaml b/tests/playbooks/roles/install-devstack/defaults/main.yaml
index c73699bbd5..7b2c47404f 100644
--- a/tests/playbooks/roles/install-devstack/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/playbooks/roles/install-devstack/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 user: "stack"
 workdir: "/home/{{ user }}/devstack"
-branch: "stable/2025.1"
+branch: "stable/2025.2"
 enable_services:
   - nova
   - glance
diff --git a/tests/playbooks/roles/install-k3s/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/playbooks/roles/install-k3s/tasks/main.yaml
index 75863d85eb..26530979d4 100644
--- a/tests/playbooks/roles/install-k3s/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/playbooks/roles/install-k3s/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
   retries: 100
   delay: 5
 
-- name: Prepare kubectl and kubeconfig file
+- name: Prepare kubeconfig file
   shell:
     executable: /bin/bash
     cmd: |
@@ -162,8 +162,31 @@
 
       mkdir -p {{ ansible_user_dir }}/.kube
       scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i {{ ansible_user_dir }}/.ssh/id_rsa ubuntu@{{ k3s_fip }}:/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml {{ ansible_user_dir }}/.kube/config
-      curl -sLO# https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -Ls https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
-      chmod +x ./kubectl; sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+
+- name: Get latest kubectl version
+  uri:
+    url: https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt
+    return_content: yes
+  register: kubectl_version
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 10
+  until: kubectl_version.status == 200
+
+- name: Download kubectl binary
+  get_url:
+    url: "https://dl.k8s.io/release/{{ kubectl_version.content | trim }}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+    mode: '0755'
+  become: true
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 10
+
+- name: Set kubectl cluster config
+  shell:
+    executable: /bin/bash
+    cmd: |
+      set -ex
+
       kubectl config set-cluster default --server=https://{{ k3s_fip }}:6443 --kubeconfig {{ ansible_user_dir }}/.kube/config
 
 - name: Wait for k8s node ready