diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-release/release-branch-jobs/1.16.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-release/release-branch-jobs/1.16.yaml
index 97d1feb4db56..e7f43838ac80 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-release/release-branch-jobs/1.16.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-release/release-branch-jobs/1.16.yaml
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ periodics:
       - --check-leaked-resources
       - --cluster=e2e-big
       - --extract=ci/latest-1.16
+      # TODO(https://github.com/kubernetes/perf-tests/issues/1005): Check whether it helps
+      - --gcp-cloud-sdk=gs://cloud-sdk-testing/rc
       - --gcp-node-image=gci
       - --gcp-nodes=100
       - --gcp-project-type=scalability-project