diff --git a/.ko-kubetest2.yaml b/.ko-kubetest2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5121c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ko-kubetest2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+builds:
+- id: stackit-csi-plugin
+  main: ./cmd/stackit-csi-plugin
+  ldflags:
+  - -s -w
+  - -X github.com/stackitcloud/cloud-provider-stackit/pkg/version.Version={{.Env.VERSION}}
+  - -X github.com/stackitcloud/cloud-provider-stackit/pkg/csi/blockstorage.DriverName=kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0466e1e5..b7adfd51 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ build: $(BUILD_IMAGES)
 $(BUILD_IMAGES): $(SOURCES)
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) GOPROXY=${GOPROXY} go build \
 		-trimpath \
-		-ldflags $(LDFLAGS) \
+		-ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		-o $@ \
 		cmd/$@/main.go
 
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ image-%: $(APKO) $(KO)
 	IS_DEV=$(IS_DEV) \
 	./hack/build.sh $*
 
+.PHONY: image-stackit-csi-plugin-test
+image-stackit-csi-plugin-test: export KO_CONFIG_PATH = .ko-kubetest2.yaml
+image-stackit-csi-plugin-test: image-stackit-csi-plugin
+
 .PHONY: clean-tools-bin
 clean-tools-bin: ## Empty the tools binary directory.
 	rm -rf $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/* $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/.version_*
diff --git a/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/cloud-config.yaml b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/cloud-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a96763e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/cloud-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: stackit-cloud-config
+  namespace: kube-system
+data:
+  cloud.yaml: |-
+    global:
+      projectId: REPLACE_WITH_PROJECTID
+      region: eu01
+    blockStorage:
+      rescanOnResize: true
diff --git a/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/cloud-secret.yaml b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/cloud-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..305e390d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/cloud-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: stackit-cloud-secret
+  namespace: kube-system
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  sa_key.json: |-
+    REPLACE_WITH_SERVICEACCOUNT_JSON
diff --git a/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/controllerplugin-network-labels-patch.yaml b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/controllerplugin-network-labels-patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..160ebd6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/controllerplugin-network-labels-patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: csi-stackit-controllerplugin
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        networking.gardener.cloud/to-apiserver: allowed
+        networking.gardener.cloud/to-dns: allowed
diff --git a/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/delete-storageclass-patch.yaml b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/delete-storageclass-patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..963bf129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/delete-storageclass-patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  name: premium-perf4-stackit
+$patch: delete
diff --git a/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/driver-name-patch.yaml b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/driver-name-patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7942943e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/driver-name-patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: csi-stackit-nodeplugin
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: node-driver-registrar
+        env:
+        - name: DRIVER_REG_SOCK_PATH
+          value: /var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud/csi.sock
+      volumes:
+      - name: socket-dir
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud
+          type: DirectoryOrCreate
diff --git a/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e30bfe8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+resources:
+- ../../csi-plugin
+- cloud-config.yaml
+- cloud-secret.yaml
+- storageclass.yaml
+
+images:
+- name: ghcr.io/stackitcloud/cloud-provider-stackit/stackit-csi-plugin
+  newName: REPLACE_WITH_IMAGE_NAME
+  newTag: REPLACE_WITH_TAG
+
+patches:
+- path: controllerplugin-network-labels-patch.yaml
+- path: delete-storageclass-patch.yaml
+- path: driver-name-patch.yaml
+- path: nodeplugin-patch.yaml
+- target:
+    group: storage.k8s.io
+    version: v1
+    kind: CSIDriver
+    name: block-storage.csi.stackit.cloud
+  patch: |-
+    - op: replace
+      path: /metadata/name
+      value: kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud
diff --git a/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/nodeplugin-patch.yaml b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/nodeplugin-patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28cb8381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/nodeplugin-patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: csi-stackit-nodeplugin
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: stackit-csi-plugin
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            port: 19808
+        ports:
+        - $patch: replace
+        - containerPort: 19808
+          name: healthz
+          protocol: TCP
+      - name: liveness-probe
+        args:
+        - --csi-address=/csi/csi.sock
+        - --health-port=19808
diff --git a/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/storageclass.yaml b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/storageclass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bba6f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/overlays/kubetest2/storageclass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  name: premium-perf4-stackit-kubetest2
+provisioner: kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud
+parameters:
+  type: "storage_premium_perf4"
diff --git a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver.go b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver.go
index 367d8340..fdf778d9 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver.go
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ type stackitParameterConfig struct {
 }
 
 const (
-	blockStorageCSIClusterIDKey = "block-storage.csi.stackit.cloud/cluster"
-	snapshotTypeSnapshot        = "snapshot"
-	snapshotTypeBackup          = "backup"
+	snapshotTypeSnapshot = "snapshot"
+	snapshotTypeBackup   = "backup"
 )
 
 func (cs *controllerServer) validateVolumeCapabilities(req []*csi.VolumeCapability) error {
@@ -117,11 +116,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVol
 		accessibleTopologyReq := req.GetAccessibilityRequirements()
 		// Check from topology
 		if accessibleTopologyReq != nil {
-			if cs.Driver.legacyDriver {
-				volAvailability = sharedcsi.GetAZFromTopology(legacyTopologyKey, accessibleTopologyReq)
-			} else {
-				volAvailability = sharedcsi.GetAZFromTopology(topologyKey, accessibleTopologyReq)
-			}
+			volAvailability = sharedcsi.GetAZFromTopology(activeTopologyKey(cs.Driver.legacyDriver), accessibleTopologyReq)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -148,7 +143,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVol
 
 	// Volume Create
 	// TODO: Use once IaaS has extended the label regex to allow for forward slashes and dots
-	// properties := map[string]string{blockStorageCSIClusterIDKey: cs.Driver.clusterID}
+	// properties := map[string]string{driverClusterIDKey(): cs.Driver.clusterID}
 	properties := map[string]string{}
 	// Tag volume with metadata if present: https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-provisioner/pull/399
 	for _, mKey := range sharedcsi.RecognizedCSIProvisionerParams {
@@ -678,7 +673,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) createSnapshot(ctx context.Context, name, volumeID s
 
 	// Add cluster ID to the snapshot metadata
 	// TODO: Use once IaaS has extended the label regex to allow for forward slashes and dots
-	// properties := map[string]string{blockStorageCSIClusterIDKey: cs.Driver.clusterID}
+	// properties := map[string]string{driverClusterIDKey(): cs.Driver.clusterID}
 	properties := map[string]string{}
 
 	// see https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/375/
@@ -711,7 +706,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) createSnapshot(ctx context.Context, name, volumeID s
 func (cs *controllerServer) createBackup(ctx context.Context, cloud stackitclient.IaaSClient, name, volumeID string, snap *iaas.Snapshot, parameters map[string]string) (*iaas.Backup, error) { //nolint:lll // looks weird when shortened
 	// Add cluster ID to the snapshot metadata
 	// TODO: Use once IaaS has extended the label regex to allow for forward slashes and dots
-	// properties := map[string]string{blockStorageCSIClusterIDKey: cs.Driver.clusterID}
+	// properties := map[string]string{driverClusterIDKey(): cs.Driver.clusterID}
 	properties := map[string]string{}
 
 	// see https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/pull/375/
@@ -1023,7 +1018,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) getCreateVolumeResponse(vol *iaas.Volume) *csi.Creat
 		volumeSourceType = stackitclient.VolumeSourceTypes(vol.Source.Type)
 		switch volumeSourceType {
 		case stackitclient.VolumeSource:
-			volCnx[ResizeRequired] = "true"
+			volCnx[driverResizeRequiredKey()] = "true"
 
 			volsrc = &csi.VolumeContentSource{
 				Type: &csi.VolumeContentSource_Volume{
@@ -1033,7 +1028,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) getCreateVolumeResponse(vol *iaas.Volume) *csi.Creat
 				},
 			}
 		case stackitclient.BackupSource:
-			volCnx[ResizeRequired] = "true"
+			volCnx[driverResizeRequiredKey()] = "true"
 
 			volsrc = &csi.VolumeContentSource{
 				Type: &csi.VolumeContentSource_Snapshot{
@@ -1043,7 +1038,7 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) getCreateVolumeResponse(vol *iaas.Volume) *csi.Creat
 				},
 			}
 		case stackitclient.SnapshotSource:
-			volCnx[ResizeRequired] = "true"
+			volCnx[driverResizeRequiredKey()] = "true"
 
 			volsrc = &csi.VolumeContentSource{
 				Type: &csi.VolumeContentSource_Snapshot{
@@ -1055,14 +1050,9 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) getCreateVolumeResponse(vol *iaas.Volume) *csi.Creat
 		}
 	}
 
-	topoKey := topologyKey
-	if cs.Driver.legacyDriver {
-		topoKey = legacyTopologyKey
-	}
-
 	accessibleTopology := []*csi.Topology{
 		{
-			Segments: map[string]string{topoKey: vol.AvailabilityZone},
+			Segments: map[string]string{activeTopologyKey(cs.Driver.legacyDriver): vol.AvailabilityZone},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver_test.go b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver_test.go
index c4f91be9..c3ec0fc1 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/controllerserver_test.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ControllerServer test", Ordered, func() {
 				},
 				AccessibilityRequirements: &csi.TopologyRequirement{
 					Requisite: []*csi.Topology{
-						{Segments: map[string]string{topologyKey: "zone-from-accessibility-reqs"}},
+						{Segments: map[string]string{activeTopologyKey(false): "zone-from-accessibility-reqs"}},
 					},
 				},
 			}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ControllerServer test", Ordered, func() {
 				},
 				AccessibilityRequirements: &csi.TopologyRequirement{
 					Requisite: []*csi.Topology{
-						{Segments: map[string]string{topologyKey: "zone-from-accessibility-reqs"}},
+						{Segments: map[string]string{activeTopologyKey(false): "zone-from-accessibility-reqs"}},
 					},
 				},
 			}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ControllerServer test", Ordered, func() {
 					AccessibilityRequirements: &csi.TopologyRequirement{
 						Requisite: []*csi.Topology{
 							{
-								Segments: map[string]string{topologyKey: "eu01"},
+								Segments: map[string]string{activeTopologyKey(false): "eu01"},
 							},
 						},
 					},
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ControllerServer test", Ordered, func() {
 				}
 				req.AccessibilityRequirements = &csi.TopologyRequirement{
 					Requisite: []*csi.Topology{
-						{Segments: map[string]string{topologyKey: "some-other-zone"}},
+						{Segments: map[string]string{activeTopologyKey(false): "some-other-zone"}},
 					},
 				}
 
diff --git a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver.go b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver.go
index 60e3b6f9..c89e40d6 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver.go
@@ -15,21 +15,42 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	driverName        = "block-storage.csi.stackit.cloud"
-	legacyDriverName  = "cinder.csi.openstack.org"
-	topologyKey       = "topology." + driverName + "/zone"
-	legacyTopologyKey = "topology." + legacyDriverName + "/zone"
-
-	// ResizeRequired parameter, if set to true, will trigger a resize on mount operation
-	ResizeRequired = driverName + "/resizeRequired"
+	legacyDriverName = "cinder.csi.openstack.org"
 )
 
 var (
+	// DriverName is the default CSI driver name and can be overridden at build time
+	// using `go build -ldflags "-X github.com/stackitcloud/cloud-provider-stackit/pkg/csi/blockstorage.DriverName=..."`.
+	DriverName = "block-storage.csi.stackit.cloud"
 	// CSI spec version
 	specVersion = "1.12.0"
 	Version     = "1.0.0"
 )
 
+func topologyKeyForDriver(name string) string {
+	return "topology." + name + "/zone"
+}
+
+func driverResizeRequiredKey() string {
+	return DriverName + "/resizeRequired"
+}
+
+func driverClusterIDKey() string {
+	return DriverName + "/cluster"
+}
+
+func activeDriverName(legacy bool) string {
+	if legacy {
+		return legacyDriverName
+	}
+
+	return DriverName
+}
+
+func activeTopologyKey(legacy bool) string {
+	return topologyKeyForDriver(activeDriverName(legacy))
+}
+
 type Driver struct {
 	name                string
 	fqVersion           string // Fully qualified version in format {Version}@{CPO version}
@@ -61,16 +82,12 @@ type DriverOpts struct {
 
 func NewDriver(o *DriverOpts) *Driver {
 	d := &Driver{
-		name:      driverName,
-		fqVersion: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", Version, version.Version),
-		endpoint:  o.Endpoint,
-		clusterID: o.ClusterID,
-		pvcLister: o.PVCLister,
-	}
-
-	if o.LegacyDriverName {
-		d.name = legacyDriverName
-		d.legacyDriver = true
+		name:         activeDriverName(o.LegacyDriverName),
+		fqVersion:    fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", Version, version.Version),
+		endpoint:     o.Endpoint,
+		clusterID:    o.ClusterID,
+		legacyDriver: o.LegacyDriverName,
+		pvcLister:    o.PVCLister,
 	}
 
 	if o.BlockVolumeCreation {
diff --git a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver_name_test.go b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver_name_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e615ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/driver_name_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package blockstorage
+
+import (
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Driver scoped keys", func() {
+	var originalDriverName string
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		originalDriverName = DriverName
+		DriverName = "kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud"
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		DriverName = originalDriverName
+	})
+
+	It("uses the active driver name and derived keys for the non-legacy driver", func() {
+		Expect(activeDriverName(false)).To(Equal("kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud"))
+		Expect(activeDriverName(true)).To(Equal(legacyDriverName))
+		Expect(activeTopologyKey(false)).To(Equal("topology.kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud/zone"))
+		Expect(activeTopologyKey(true)).To(Equal("topology.cinder.csi.openstack.org/zone"))
+		Expect(driverResizeRequiredKey()).To(Equal("kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud/resizeRequired"))
+		Expect(driverClusterIDKey()).To(Equal("kubetest2.csi.stackit.cloud/cluster"))
+	})
+})
diff --git a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/nodeserver.go b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/nodeserver.go
index 5b3cc838..f2ed95ee 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/blockstorage/nodeserver.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/blockstorage/nodeserver.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func (ns *nodeServer) NodeStageVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.NodeStageVol
 		}
 	}
 
-	if required, ok := volumeContext[ResizeRequired]; ok && strings.EqualFold(required, "true") {
+	if required, ok := volumeContext[driverResizeRequiredKey()]; ok && strings.EqualFold(required, "true") {
 		r := mountutil.NewResizeFs(ns.Mount.Mounter().Exec)
 
 		needResize, err := r.NeedResize(devicePath, stagingTarget)
@@ -335,14 +335,9 @@ func (ns *nodeServer) NodeGetInfo(ctx context.Context, _ *csi.NodeGetInfoRequest
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "[NodeGetInfo] Unable to retrieve availability zone of node %v", err)
 	}
 
-	topoKey := topologyKey
-	if ns.Driver.legacyDriver {
-		topoKey = legacyTopologyKey
-	}
-
 	//TODO: support well-known topology key "topology.kubernetes.io/zone"
 	segments := map[string]string{
-		topoKey: zone,
+		activeTopologyKey(ns.Driver.legacyDriver): zone,
 	}
 
 	nodeInfo.AccessibleTopology = &csi.Topology{Segments: segments}
@@ -357,13 +352,7 @@ func (ns *nodeServer) calculateMaxVolumesPerNode() int64 {
 		freePCIeRootPorts = 0
 	}
 
-	csiDriverName := driverName
-	if ns.Driver.legacyDriver {
-		// If driver launched in legacy-mode use "cinder.csi.openstack.org"
-		csiDriverName = legacyDriverName
-	}
-
-	mountedCSIVolumes, err := mount.CountLocalCSIVolumes(csiDriverName)
+	mountedCSIVolumes, err := mount.CountLocalCSIVolumes(activeDriverName(ns.Driver.legacyDriver))
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("[NodeGetInfo] unable to retrieve volume count: %v", err)
 		mountedCSIVolumes = 0