diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 325e9ec20..15b34de7c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ARG EFSUTILSSOURCE=github
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/rpms && \
     if [ "$EFSUTILSSOURCE" = "yum" ]; \
     then echo "Installing efs-utils from Amazon Linux 2 yum repo" && \
-         yum -y install --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp/rpms amazon-efs-utils-1.34.4-1.amzn2.noarch; \
+         yum -y install --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp/rpms amazon-efs-utils-1.35.0-1.amzn2.noarch; \
     else echo "Installing efs-utils from github using the latest git tag" && \
          yum -y install git rpm-build make && \
          git clone https://github.com/aws/efs-utils && \
diff --git a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index 26b663ffd..90e219f4b 100644
--- a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ spec:
       annotations: {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
     spec:
-      hostNetwork: true
       {{- if .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
         {{- range .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
diff --git a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-daemonset.yaml b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-daemonset.yaml
index 0443f0a57..acaebe22a 100644
--- a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-daemonset.yaml
@@ -44,16 +44,9 @@ spec:
         {{- with .Values.node.nodeSelector }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
-      affinity:
-        nodeAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-            nodeSelectorTerms:
-            - matchExpressions:
-              - key: eks.amazonaws.com/compute-type
-                operator: NotIn
-                values:
-                - fargate
-      hostNetwork: true
+      {{- with .Values.node.affinity }}
+      affinity: {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       dnsPolicy: {{ .Values.node.dnsPolicy }}
       {{- with .Values.node.dnsConfig }}
       dnsConfig: {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -77,9 +70,16 @@ spec:
             - --endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)
             - --logtostderr
             - --v={{ .Values.node.logLevel }}
+            - --vol-metrics-opt-in={{ hasKey .Values.node "volMetricsOptIn" | ternary .Values.node.volMetricsOptIn false }}
+            - --vol-metrics-refresh-period={{ hasKey .Values.node "volMetricsRefreshPeriod" | ternary .Values.node.volMetricsRefreshPeriod 240 }}
+            - --vol-metrics-fs-rate-limit={{ hasKey .Values.node "volMetricsFsRateLimit" | ternary .Values.node.volMetricsFsRateLimit 5 }}
           env:
             - name: CSI_ENDPOINT
               value: unix:/csi/csi.sock
+            - name: CSI_NODE_NAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
             {{- if .Values.useFIPS }}
             - name: AWS_USE_FIPS_ENDPOINT
               value: "true"
diff --git a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-serviceaccount.yaml
index 9fd3c7a0f..a63383bf0 100644
--- a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -10,3 +10,30 @@ metadata:
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
+---
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: efs-csi-node-role
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "aws-efs-csi-driver.name" . }}
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["nodes"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+---
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: efs-csi-node-binding
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "aws-efs-csi-driver.name" . }}
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: {{ .Values.node.serviceAccount.name }}
+    namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: efs-csi-node-role
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller-deployment.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller-deployment.yaml
index 49e9ec262..08ad518eb 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: aws-efs-csi-driver
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: kustomize
     spec:
-      hostNetwork: true
       nodeSelector:
         kubernetes.io/os: linux
       serviceAccountName: efs-csi-controller-sa
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/base/node-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/base/node-daemonset.yaml
index 3ec601538..8d5261e7b 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/base/node-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/base/node-daemonset.yaml
@@ -31,17 +31,16 @@ spec:
                 operator: NotIn
                 values:
                 - fargate
-      securityContext:
-        fsGroup: 0
-        runAsGroup: 0
-        runAsNonRoot: false
-        runAsUser: 0
-      hostNetwork: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
       serviceAccountName: efs-csi-node-sa
       priorityClassName: system-node-critical
       tolerations:
         - operator: Exists
+      securityContext:
+        fsGroup: 0
+        runAsGroup: 0
+        runAsNonRoot: false
+        runAsUser: 0
       containers:
         - name: efs-plugin
           securityContext:
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/base/node-serviceaccount.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/base/node-serviceaccount.yaml
index 9840fb6ad..b51a610fe 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/base/node-serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/base/node-serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,30 @@ metadata:
   name: efs-csi-node-sa
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: aws-efs-csi-driver
+---
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: efs-csi-node-role
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: aws-efs-csi-driver
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["nodes"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+---
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: efs-csi-node-binding
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: aws-efs-csi-driver
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: efs-csi-node-sa
+    namespace: default
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: efs-csi-node-role
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/e2e/run.sh b/hack/e2e/run.sh
index 28cc74ed9..8431bab8b 100755
--- a/hack/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e/run.sh
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ IMAGE_TAG=${IMAGE_TAG:-${TEST_ID}}
 
 # kops: must include patch version (e.g. 1.19.1)
 # eksctl: mustn't include patch version (e.g. 1.19)
-K8S_VERSION_KOPS=${K8S_VERSION_KOPS:-${K8S_VERSION:-1.26.2}}
-K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL=${K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL:-${K8S_VERSION:-1.25}}
+K8S_VERSION_KOPS=${K8S_VERSION_KOPS:-${K8S_VERSION:-1.27.3}}
+K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL=${K8S_VERSION_EKSCTL:-${K8S_VERSION:-1.27}}
 
-KOPS_VERSION=${KOPS_VERSION:-1.26.2}
+KOPS_VERSION=${KOPS_VERSION:-1.27.0-beta.3}
 KOPS_STATE_FILE=${KOPS_STATE_FILE:-s3://k8s-kops-csi-e2e}
 KOPS_PATCH_FILE=${KOPS_PATCH_FILE:-./hack/kops-patch.yaml}
 KOPS_PATCH_NODE_FILE=${KOPS_PATCH_NODE_FILE:-./hack/kops-patch-node.yaml}
 
-EKSCTL_VERSION=${EKSCTL_VERSION:-0.133.0}
+EKSCTL_VERSION=${EKSCTL_VERSION:-0.151.0}
 EKSCTL_PATCH_FILE=${EKSCTL_PATCH_FILE:-./hack/eksctl-patch.yaml}
 EKSCTL_ADMIN_ROLE=${EKSCTL_ADMIN_ROLE:-}
 # Creates a windows node group. The windows ami doesn't (yet) install csi-proxy
diff --git a/hack/eksctl-patch.yaml b/hack/eksctl-patch.yaml
index 052eb6756..9ceb66314 100644
--- a/hack/eksctl-patch.yaml
+++ b/hack/eksctl-patch.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ iam:
   vpcResourceControllerPolicy: true
   withOIDC: true
   serviceAccounts:
+    - metadata:
+        name: efs-csi-node-sa
+        namespace: kube-system
+      wellKnownPolicies:
+        efsCSIController: true
     - metadata:
         name: efs-csi-controller-sa
         namespace: kube-system
diff --git a/hack/kops-patch-node.yaml b/hack/kops-patch-node.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c793cd8ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/kops-patch-node.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+spec:
+  instanceMetadata:
+    httpTokens: optional
diff --git a/hack/kops-patch.yaml b/hack/kops-patch.yaml
index 05c8ee5cc..39d183239 100644
--- a/hack/kops-patch.yaml
+++ b/hack/kops-patch.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@ spec:
             "elasticfilesystem:CreateAccessPoint",
             "elasticfilesystem:DeleteAccessPoint",
             "elasticfilesystem:DescribeFileSystems",
-            "elasticfilesystem:DescribeAccessPoints"
+            "elasticfilesystem:DescribeAccessPoints",
+            "elasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargets",
+            "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones"
           ],
           "Resource": "*"
         }
       ]
+
+  cloudConfig:
+    awsEBSCSIDriver:
+      managed: true
diff --git a/hack/values_eksctl.yaml b/hack/values_eksctl.yaml
index 5b1e27d56..f99eec38d 100644
--- a/hack/values_eksctl.yaml
+++ b/hack/values_eksctl.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ controller:
     create: false # let eksctl create it
 node:
   logLevel: 5
+  serviceAccount:
+    create: false
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e.go b/test/e2e/e2e.go
index a3d5ea3d2..ac228a7a9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -3,24 +3,23 @@ package e2e
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/rand"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/rand"
+
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	storagev1 "k8s.io/api/storage/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
-	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
-	e2evolume "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/volume"
 	storageframework "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/testsuites"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
@@ -274,56 +273,36 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[efs-csi] EFS CSI", func() {
 			framework.ExpectNoError(e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name), "waiting for pod running")
 		})
 
-		ginkgo.It("should continue reading/writing without hanging after the driver pod is restarted", func() {
-			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating efs pvc & pv"))
-			pvc, pv, err := createEFSPVCPV(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, f.Namespace.Name, "", map[string]string{})
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "creating efs pvc & pv")
-			defer func() {
-				_ = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().PersistentVolumes().Delete(context.TODO(), pv.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
-			}()
+		ginkgo.It("should continue reading/writing without interruption after the driver pod is restarted", func() {
+			const FilePath = "/mnt/testfile.txt"
+			const TestDuration = 30 * time.Second
 
-			node, err := e2enode.GetRandomReadySchedulableNode(f.ClientSet)
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "getting random ready schedulable node")
-			command := fmt.Sprintf("touch /mnt/volume1/%s-%s && trap exit TERM; while true; do sleep 1; done", f.Namespace.Name, time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339))
+			ginkgo.By("Creating EFS PVC and associated PV")
+			pvc, pv, err := createEFSPVCPV(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, f.Namespace.Name, "", map[string]string{})
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+			defer f.ClientSet.CoreV1().PersistentVolumes().Delete(context.TODO(), pv.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 
-			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating pod on node %q to mount pvc %q and run %q", node.Name, pvc.Name, command))
-			pod := e2epod.MakePod(f.Namespace.Name, nil, []*v1.PersistentVolumeClaim{pvc}, false, command)
-			pod.Spec.NodeName = node.Name
+			ginkgo.By("Deploying a pod to write data")
+			writeCommand := fmt.Sprintf("while true; do date +%%s >> %s; sleep 1; done", FilePath)
+			pod := e2epod.MakePod(f.Namespace.Name, nil, []*v1.PersistentVolumeClaim{pvc}, false, writeCommand)
 			pod, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(context.TODO(), pod, metav1.CreateOptions{})
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "creating pod")
-			framework.ExpectNoError(e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name), "waiting for pod running")
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name))
+			defer f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(context.TODO(), pod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 
-			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Getting driver pod on node %q", node.Name))
-			labelSelector := labels.SelectorFromSet(EfsDriverLabelSelectors).String()
-			fieldSelector := fields.SelectorFromSet(fields.Set{"spec.nodeName": node.Name}).String()
-			podList, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(EfsDriverNamespace).List(
-				context.TODO(),
-				metav1.ListOptions{
-					LabelSelector: labelSelector,
-					FieldSelector: fieldSelector,
-				})
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "getting driver pod")
-			framework.ExpectEqual(len(podList.Items), 1, "expected 1 efs csi node pod but got %d", len(podList.Items))
-			driverPod := podList.Items[0]
-
-			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting driver pod %q on node %q", driverPod.Name, node.Name))
-			err = e2epod.DeletePodWithWaitByName(f.ClientSet, driverPod.Name, EfsDriverNamespace)
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "deleting driver pod")
-
-			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Execing a write via the pod on node %q", node.Name))
-			command = fmt.Sprintf("touch /mnt/volume1/%s-%s", f.Namespace.Name, time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339))
-			done := make(chan bool)
-			go func() {
-				defer ginkgo.GinkgoRecover()
-				e2evolume.VerifyExecInPodSucceed(f, pod, command)
-				done <- true
-			}()
-			select {
-			case <-done:
-				framework.Logf("verified exec in pod succeeded")
-			case <-time.After(30 * time.Second):
-				framework.Failf("timed out verifying exec in pod succeeded")
-			}
+			ginkgo.By("Triggering a restart for the EFS CSI Node DaemonSet")
+			_, err = framework.RunKubectl("kube-system", "rollout", "restart", "daemonset", "efs-csi-node")
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+			time.Sleep(TestDuration)
+
+			ginkgo.By("Validating no interruption")
+			readCommand := fmt.Sprintf("cat %s", FilePath)
+			content, err := framework.RunKubectl(f.Namespace.Name, "exec", pod.Name, "--", "/bin/sh", "-c", readCommand)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+			timestamps := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(content), "\n")
+			checkInterruption(timestamps)
 		})
 
 		testEncryptInTransit := func(f *framework.Framework, encryptInTransit *bool) {
@@ -462,3 +441,31 @@ func makeDir(path string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// checkInterruption takes a slice of strings, where each string is expected to
+// be an integer representing a timestamp. It checks that the difference between each successive
+// pair of integers is not greater than 1.
+//
+// This function is used to check that reading/writing to a file was not
+// interrupted for more than 1 second at a time, even when the driver pod is
+// restarted.
+func checkInterruption(timestamps []string) {
+	var curr int64
+	var err error
+
+	for i, t := range timestamps {
+		if i == 0 {
+			curr, err = strconv.ParseInt(t, 10, 64)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		next, err := strconv.ParseInt(t, 10, 64)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		if next-curr > 1 {
+			framework.Failf("Detected an interruption. Time gap: %d seconds.", next-curr)
+		}
+
+		curr = next
+	}
+}