diff --git a/examples/gke-a3-ultragpu/gke-a3-ultragpu-deployment.yaml b/examples/gke-a3-ultragpu/gke-a3-ultragpu-deployment.yaml
index 0e475ec2d6..6821fd5fa9 100644
--- a/examples/gke-a3-ultragpu/gke-a3-ultragpu-deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/gke-a3-ultragpu/gke-a3-ultragpu-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ vars:
   # extended_reservation: RESERVATION_NAME
   extended_reservation: RESERVATION_NAME/reservationBlocks/BLOCK_NAME
   static_node_count: NODE_COUNT
+  k8s_service_account_name: # add this
diff --git a/examples/gke-a3-ultragpu/gke-a3-ultragpu.yaml b/examples/gke-a3-ultragpu/gke-a3-ultragpu.yaml
index b833d61b77..c520599a62 100644
--- a/examples/gke-a3-ultragpu/gke-a3-ultragpu.yaml
+++ b/examples/gke-a3-ultragpu/gke-a3-ultragpu.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ vars:
   static_node_count: # add this
   system_node_pool_disk_size_gb: 200
   a3ultra_node_pool_disk_size_gb: 100
+  k8s_service_account_name: # add this
 
 deployment_groups:
 - group: primary
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ deployment_groups:
       enable_gcsfuse_csi: true
       enable_private_endpoint: false # Allows access from authorized public IPs
       configure_workload_identity_sa: true
+      k8s_service_account_name: $(vars.k8s_service_account_name)
       master_authorized_networks:
       - cidr_block: $(vars.authorized_cidr) # Allows your machine to run the kubectl command. Required for multi network setup.
         display_name: "kubectl-access-network"
@@ -222,4 +224,5 @@ deployment_groups:
       - nvidia-smi
       node_count: 2
       name: run-nvidia-smi
+      k8s_service_account_name: $(vars.k8s_service_account_name)
     outputs: [instructions]
diff --git a/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/README.md b/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/README.md
index fe668c3df7..76ebe2f5cf 100644
--- a/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/README.md
+++ b/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/README.md
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 | <a name="input_enable_private_ipv6_google_access"></a> [enable\_private\_ipv6\_google\_access](#input\_enable\_private\_ipv6\_google\_access) | The private IPv6 google access type for the VMs in this subnet. | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_private_nodes"></a> [enable\_private\_nodes](#input\_enable\_private\_nodes) | (Beta) Whether nodes have internal IP addresses only. | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_gcp_public_cidrs_access_enabled"></a> [gcp\_public\_cidrs\_access\_enabled](#input\_gcp\_public\_cidrs\_access\_enabled) | Whether the cluster master is accessible via all the Google Compute Engine Public IPs. To view this list of IP addresses look here https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/faq#find_ip_range | `bool` | `false` | no |
+| <a name="input_k8s_service_account_name"></a> [k8s\_service\_account\_name](#input\_k8s\_service\_account\_name) | Kubernetes service account name to use with the gke cluster | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_labels"></a> [labels](#input\_labels) | GCE resource labels to be applied to resources. Key-value pairs. | `map(string)` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_maintenance_exclusions"></a> [maintenance\_exclusions](#input\_maintenance\_exclusions) | List of maintenance exclusions. A cluster can have up to three. | <pre>list(object({<br/>    name            = string<br/>    start_time      = string<br/>    end_time        = string<br/>    exclusion_scope = string<br/>  }))</pre> | `[]` | no |
 | <a name="input_maintenance_start_time"></a> [maintenance\_start\_time](#input\_maintenance\_start\_time) | Start time for daily maintenance operations. Specified in GMT with `HH:MM` format. | `string` | `"09:00"` | no |
diff --git a/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/main.tf b/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/main.tf
index 42b20fbd59..83b6717519 100644
--- a/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/main.tf
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ module "workload_identity" {
   version = "~> 34.0"
 
   use_existing_gcp_sa = true
-  name                = "workload-identity-k8s-sa"
+  name                = var.k8s_service_account_name
   gcp_sa_name         = local.sa_email
   project_id          = var.project_id
 
diff --git a/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/variables.tf b/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/variables.tf
index a181c58239..ca34162c0a 100644
--- a/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/scheduler/gke-cluster/variables.tf
@@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ variable "configure_workload_identity_sa" {
   default     = false
 }
 
+variable "k8s_service_account_name" {
+  description = "Kubernetes service account name to use with the gke cluster"
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
 variable "autoscaling_profile" {
   description = "(Beta) Optimize for utilization or availability when deciding to remove nodes. Can be BALANCED or OPTIMIZE_UTILIZATION."
   type        = string
diff --git a/tools/cloud-build/daily-tests/tests/gke-a3-ultragpu.yml b/tools/cloud-build/daily-tests/tests/gke-a3-ultragpu.yml
index 97d559d271..3d9e458ae3 100644
--- a/tools/cloud-build/daily-tests/tests/gke-a3-ultragpu.yml
+++ b/tools/cloud-build/daily-tests/tests/gke-a3-ultragpu.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ zone: europe-west1-b
 remote_node: "{{ deployment_name }}-remote-node-0"
 extended_reservation: hpc-exfr-2
 static_node_count: 1
+k8s_service_account_name: workload-identity-k8s-sa
 cli_deployment_vars:
   region: "{{ region }}"
   zone: "{{ zone }}"
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ cli_deployment_vars:
   extended_reservation: "{{ extended_reservation }}"
   authorized_cidr: "{{ build_ip.stdout }}/32"
   gcp_public_cidrs_access_enabled: true
+  k8s_service_account_name: "{{ k8s_service_account_name}}"
 custom_vars:
   project: "{{ project }}"
 post_deploy_tests: