diff --git a/.github/workflows/robustness_template.yaml b/.github/workflows/robustness_template.yaml
index 9e8e3ec26..18d7bbb39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/robustness_template.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/robustness_template.yaml
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           sudo apt-get install -y dmsetup xfsprogs
 
-          ROBUSTNESS_TESTFLAGS="--count ${{ inputs.count }} --timeout ${{ inputs.testTimeout }} -failfast" make test-robustness
+          SUDO=true ROBUSTNESS_TESTFLAGS="--count ${{ inputs.count }} --timeout ${{ inputs.testTimeout }} -failfast" make test-robustness
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f5a6703a0..bd4d412f0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,11 +90,16 @@ test-failpoint:
 	@echo "[failpoint] array freelist test"
 	BBOLT_VERIFY=all TEST_FREELIST_TYPE=array go test -v ${TESTFLAGS} -timeout 30m ./tests/failpoint
 
-.PHONY: test-robustness # Running robustness tests requires root permission for now
-# TODO: Remove sudo once we fully migrate to the prow infrastructure
+ifeq ($(SUDO),)
+exec_sudo =
+else
+exec_sudo = sudo
+endif
+
+.PHONY: test-robustness # Running robustness tests requires to run as superuser
 test-robustness: gofail-enable build
-	sudo env PATH=$$PATH go test -v ${TESTFLAGS} ./tests/dmflakey -test.root
-	sudo env PATH=$(PWD)/bin:$$PATH go test -v ${TESTFLAGS} ${ROBUSTNESS_TESTFLAGS} ./tests/robustness -test.root
+	$(exec_sudo) env PATH=$$PATH go test -v ${TESTFLAGS} ./tests/dmflakey -test.root
+	$(exec_sudo) env PATH=$(PWD)/bin:$$PATH go test -v ${TESTFLAGS} ${ROBUSTNESS_TESTFLAGS} ./tests/robustness -test.root
 
 .PHONY: test-benchmark-compare
 # Runs benchmark tests on the current git ref and the given REF, and compares