diff --git a/cicd/internal/flags/it-flags.go b/cicd/internal/flags/it-flags.go
index 176dbf83da..1aa55e9a08 100644
--- a/cicd/internal/flags/it-flags.go
+++ b/cicd/internal/flags/it-flags.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func StaticOracleSysPassword() string {
 
 func UnifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage() string {
 	if dUnifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage != "" {
-		return "-Duw_staging_experiments=true -DunifiedWorker=true -DunifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage=" + dUnifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage
+		return "-DunifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage=" + dUnifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage
 	}
 	return ""
 }
diff --git a/it/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/it/gcp/TemplateTestBase.java b/it/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/it/gcp/TemplateTestBase.java
index d1b0425016..e3f70e4562 100644
--- a/it/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/it/gcp/TemplateTestBase.java
+++ b/it/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/it/gcp/TemplateTestBase.java
@@ -488,27 +488,29 @@ protected LaunchInfo launchTemplate(
             && !templateMetadata.flexContainerName().isEmpty();
 
     // Property allows testing with Runner v2 / Unified Worker
-    if (System.getProperty("unifiedWorker") != null) {
+    String unifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage =
+        System.getProperty("unifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage");
+    if (System.getProperty("unifiedWorker") != null || unifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage != null) {
       appendExperiment(options, "use_runner_v2");
 
       if (System.getProperty("sdkContainerImage") != null) {
         options.addParameter("sdkContainerImage", System.getProperty("sdkContainerImage"));
       }
-      if (System.getProperty("unifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage") != null) {
+      if (unifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage != null) {
         appendExperiment(
             options,
             "runner_harness_container_image="
                 + System.getProperty("unifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage"));
       }
-    }
-
-    if (System.getProperty("uw_staging_experiments") != null) {
-      appendExperiment(options, "disable_worker_rolling_upgrade");
-      appendExperiment(options, "use_beam_bq_sink");
-      appendExperiment(options, "beam_fn_api");
-      appendExperiment(options, "use_unified_worker");
-      appendExperiment(options, "use_portable_job_submission");
-      appendExperiment(options, "worker_region=" + REGION);
+      if (System.getProperty("uwStagingExperiments") != null
+          || unifiedWorkerHarnessContainerImage != null) {
+        appendExperiment(options, "disable_worker_rolling_upgrade");
+        appendExperiment(options, "use_beam_bq_sink");
+        appendExperiment(options, "beam_fn_api");
+        appendExperiment(options, "use_unified_worker");
+        appendExperiment(options, "use_portable_job_submission");
+        appendExperiment(options, "worker_region=" + REGION);
+      }
     }
 
     if (System.getProperty("enableCleanupState") != null) {