diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/deploy-for-e2e-locally.sh b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/deploy-for-e2e-locally.sh
index 966e29e2613d..ce2a8529ef7c 100755
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/deploy-for-e2e-locally.sh
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/deploy-for-e2e-locally.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ function print_help {
   echo " - recommender-externalmetrics"
   echo " - updater"
   echo " - admission-controller"
+  echo " - actuation"
   echo " - full-vpa"
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ case ${SUITE} in
   full-vpa)
     COMPONENTS="recommender updater admission-controller"
     ;;
+  actuation)
+    COMPONENTS="updater admission-controller"
+    ;;
   *)
     print_help
     exit 1
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/run-e2e-locally.sh b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/run-e2e-locally.sh
index edc92a93ac22..48d8e0f789f1 100755
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/run-e2e-locally.sh
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/run-e2e-locally.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ function print_help {
   echo " - recommender-externalmetrics"
   echo " - updater"
   echo " - admission-controller"
+  echo " - actuation"
   echo " - full-vpa"
-
 }
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ kind load docker-image localhost:5001/write-metrics:dev
 
 
 case ${SUITE} in
-  recommender|recommender-externalmetrics|updater|admission-controller|full-vpa)
+  recommender|recommender-externalmetrics|updater|admission-controller|actuation|full-vpa)
     ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/vpa-down.sh
     echo " ** Deploying for suite ${SUITE}"
     ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/deploy-for-e2e-locally.sh ${SUITE}