diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint-checks.yaml
index 30523637c64..b665fd533ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lint-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint-checks.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: ./.github/actions/block-pr-from-main-branch
 
-    - run: make lint-nocommit
+    - run: |
+        git fetch origin main
+        make lint-nocommit
 
   dco-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3229e2583e6..50d19d2ea7d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ lint-license:
 
 .PHONY: lint-nocommit
 lint-nocommit:
-	@if git diff main | grep '@no''commit' ; then \
+	@if git diff origin/main | grep '@no''commit' ; then \
 		echo "❌ Cannot merge PR that contains @no""commit string" ; \
-		GIT_PAGER=cat git diff -G '@no''commit' main ; \
+		GIT_PAGER=cat git diff -G '@no''commit' origin/main ; \
 		false ; \
 	else \
 		echo "✅ Changes do not contain @no""commit string" ; \
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/integration/e2e_integration.go b/cmd/jaeger/internal/integration/e2e_integration.go
index 9e4843f030c..c8681e4ed7e 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/internal/integration/e2e_integration.go
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/internal/integration/e2e_integration.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -42,10 +41,10 @@ const otlpPort = 4317
 type E2EStorageIntegration struct {
 	integration.StorageIntegration
 
-	SkipStorageCleaner  bool
-	ConfigFile          string
-	BinaryName          string
-	HealthCheckEndpoint string
+	SkipStorageCleaner bool
+	ConfigFile         string
+	BinaryName         string
+	HealthCheckPort    int // overridable for Kafka tests which run two binaries and need different ports
 
 	// EnvVarOverrides contains a map of environment variables to set.
 	// The key in the map is the environment variable to override and the value
@@ -160,10 +159,11 @@ func (s *E2EStorageIntegration) e2eInitialize(t *testing.T, storage string) {
 }
 
 func (s *E2EStorageIntegration) doHealthCheck(t *testing.T) bool {
-	healthCheckEndpoint := s.HealthCheckEndpoint
-	if healthCheckEndpoint == "" {
-		healthCheckEndpoint = "http://localhost:13133/status"
+	healthCheckPort := s.HealthCheckPort
+	if healthCheckPort == 0 {
+		healthCheckPort = ports.CollectorV2HealthChecks
 	}
+	healthCheckEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d/status", healthCheckPort)
 	t.Logf("Checking if %s is available on %s", s.BinaryName, healthCheckEndpoint)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -187,11 +187,6 @@ func (s *E2EStorageIntegration) doHealthCheck(t *testing.T) bool {
 		t.Logf("HTTP response not OK: %v", string(body))
 		return false
 	}
-	// for backwards compatibility with other healthchecks
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(healthCheckEndpoint, "/status") {
-		t.Logf("OK HTTP from endpoint that is not healthcheckv2")
-		return true
-	}
 
 	var healthResponse struct {
 		Status string `json:"status"`
@@ -203,7 +198,7 @@ func (s *E2EStorageIntegration) doHealthCheck(t *testing.T) bool {
 
 	// Check if the status field in the JSON is "StatusOK"
 	if healthResponse.Status != "StatusOK" {
-		t.Logf("Received non-K status %s: %s", healthResponse.Status, string(body))
+		t.Logf("Received non-OK status %s: %s", healthResponse.Status, string(body))
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/integration/kafka_test.go b/cmd/jaeger/internal/integration/kafka_test.go
index 218624788f0..6e9e4d810ef 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/internal/integration/kafka_test.go
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/internal/integration/kafka_test.go
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ func TestKafkaStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Log("Collector initialized")
 
 			ingester := &E2EStorageIntegration{
-				BinaryName:          "jaeger-v2-ingester",
-				ConfigFile:          "../../config-kafka-ingester.yaml",
-				HealthCheckEndpoint: "http://localhost:14133/status",
+				BinaryName:      "jaeger-v2-ingester",
+				ConfigFile:      "../../config-kafka-ingester.yaml",
+				HealthCheckPort: 14133,
 				StorageIntegration: integration.StorageIntegration{
 					CleanUp:                      purge,
 					GetDependenciesReturnsSource: true,