diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/e2e-enable-hpos-wp-option b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/e2e-enable-hpos-wp-option
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b19da85dd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/e2e-enable-hpos-wp-option
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+
+Enable HPOS through the `wp option` command.
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/e2e-pw/bin/test-env-setup.sh b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/e2e-pw/bin/test-env-setup.sh
index f50c2003cb1..79a52b1d8ac 100755
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/e2e-pw/bin/test-env-setup.sh
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/e2e-pw/bin/test-env-setup.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ wp-env run tests-cli sudo cp /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/tests/
 
 if [ $ENABLE_HPOS == 1 ]; then
 	echo -e 'Enable High-Performance Order Tables\n'
-	wp-env run tests-cli wp plugin install https://gist.github.com/vedanshujain/564afec8f5e9235a1257994ed39b1449/archive/b031465052fc3e04b17624acbeeb2569ef4d5301.zip --activate
+	wp-env run tests-cli wp option update woocommerce_feature_custom_order_tables_enabled 'yes'
+	wp-env run tests-cli wp option update woocommerce_custom_orders_table_enabled 'yes'
 fi
 
 if [ $ENABLE_NEW_PRODUCT_EDITOR == 1 ]; then