diff --git a/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_k8s_lb.cfg b/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_k8s_lb.cfg
index 6ec4fa7b43b..6b38cae7557 100644
--- a/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_k8s_lb.cfg
+++ b/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_k8s_lb.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 # Location of the continuous shell script in repository.
 build_file: "grpc/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_k8s_lb.sh"
-timeout_mins: 90
+timeout_mins: 180
 action {
   define_artifacts {
     regex: "artifacts/**/*sponge_log.xml"
diff --git a/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_k8s_lb.sh b/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_k8s_lb.sh
index 2fc89d4de3a..a3595e384a1 100755
--- a/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_k8s_lb.sh
+++ b/tools/internal_ci/linux/grpc_xds_k8s_lb.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,14 @@ run_test() {
     --secondary_kube_context="${SECONDARY_KUBE_CONTEXT}" \
     --server_image="${SERVER_IMAGE_NAME}:${GIT_COMMIT}" \
     --client_image="${CLIENT_IMAGE_NAME}:${GIT_COMMIT}" \
-    --xml_output_file="${TEST_XML_OUTPUT_DIR}/${test_name}/sponge_log.xml"
+    --xml_output_file="${TEST_XML_OUTPUT_DIR}/${test_name}/sponge_log.xml" \
+    ${@:2}
+}
+
+run_alpha_test() {
+  local test_name=$1
+  run_test ${test_name} \
+    --compute_api_version="v1alpha"
 }
 
 #######################################
@@ -144,6 +151,7 @@ main() {
   # Run tests
   cd "${TEST_DRIVER_FULL_DIR}"
   local failed_tests=0
+  run_alpha_test subsetting_test || (( failed_tests++ ))
   test_suites=("change_backend_service_test" "failover_test" "remove_neg_test" "round_robin_test" "affinity_test")
   for test in "${test_suites[@]}"; do
     run_test $test || (( failed_tests++ ))
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/gcp/api.py b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/gcp/api.py
index c9e18c76670..07cf15aa5dc 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/gcp/api.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/gcp/api.py
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ class GcpApiManager:
                 return self._build_from_file(self.compute_v1_discovery_file)
             else:
                 return self._build_from_discovery_v1(api_name, version)
+        elif version == 'v1alpha':
+            return self._build_from_discovery_v1(api_name, 'alpha')
 
         raise NotImplementedError(f'Compute {version} not supported')
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/gcp/compute.py b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/gcp/compute.py
index c17f4c7559d..c8a408f53c9 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/gcp/compute.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/gcp/compute.py
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ class ComputeV1(gcp.api.GcpProjectApiResource):
     class ZonalGcpResource(GcpResource):
         zone: str
 
-    def __init__(self, api_manager: gcp.api.GcpApiManager, project: str):
-        super().__init__(api_manager.compute('v1'), project)
+    def __init__(self,
+                 api_manager: gcp.api.GcpApiManager,
+                 project: str,
+                 version: str = 'v1'):
+        super().__init__(api_manager.compute(version), project)
 
     class HealthCheckProtocol(enum.Enum):
         TCP = enum.auto()
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/traffic_director.py b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/traffic_director.py
index 326b23dd8d8..6e8bbfed919 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/traffic_director.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/infrastructure/traffic_director.py
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ class TrafficDirectorManager:
         resource_prefix: str,
         resource_suffix: str,
         network: str = 'default',
+        compute_api_version: str = 'v1',
     ):
         # API
-        self.compute = _ComputeV1(gcp_api_manager, project)
+        self.compute = _ComputeV1(gcp_api_manager,
+                                  project,
+                                  version=compute_api_version)
 
         # Settings
         self.project: str = project
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_flags.py b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_flags.py
index e93a45a0481..578f4e3fe6d 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_flags.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_flags.py
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ RESOURCE_SUFFIX = flags.DEFINE_string(
 NETWORK = flags.DEFINE_string("network",
                               default="default",
                               help="GCP Network ID")
+COMPUTE_API_VERSION = flags.DEFINE_string(
+    "compute_api_version",
+    default='v1',
+    help="The version of the GCP Compute API, e.g., v1, v1alpha")
 # Mirrors --xds-server-uri argument of Traffic Director gRPC Bootstrap
 XDS_SERVER_URI = flags.DEFINE_string(
     "xds_server_uri",
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_k8s_testcase.py b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_k8s_testcase.py
index 0e8bef8c0aa..ff10e61b853 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_k8s_testcase.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_k8s_testcase.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class XdsKubernetesTestCase(absltest.TestCase, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         cls.xds_server_uri = xds_flags.XDS_SERVER_URI.value
         cls.ensure_firewall = xds_flags.ENSURE_FIREWALL.value
         cls.firewall_allowed_ports = xds_flags.FIREWALL_ALLOWED_PORTS.value
+        cls.compute_api_version = xds_flags.COMPUTE_API_VERSION.value
 
         # Resource names.
         cls.resource_prefix = xds_flags.RESOURCE_PREFIX.value
@@ -329,11 +330,13 @@ class RegularXdsKubernetesTestCase(XdsKubernetesTestCase):
             cls.server_maintenance_port = KubernetesServerRunner.DEFAULT_MAINTENANCE_PORT
 
     def initTrafficDirectorManager(self) -> TrafficDirectorManager:
-        return TrafficDirectorManager(self.gcp_api_manager,
-                                      project=self.project,
-                                      resource_prefix=self.resource_prefix,
-                                      resource_suffix=self.resource_suffix,
-                                      network=self.network)
+        return TrafficDirectorManager(
+            self.gcp_api_manager,
+            project=self.project,
+            resource_prefix=self.resource_prefix,
+            resource_suffix=self.resource_suffix,
+            network=self.network,
+            compute_api_version=self.compute_api_version)
 
     def initKubernetesServerRunner(self) -> KubernetesServerRunner:
         return KubernetesServerRunner(
@@ -400,7 +403,8 @@ class AppNetXdsKubernetesTestCase(RegularXdsKubernetesTestCase):
             project=self.project,
             resource_prefix=self.resource_prefix,
             resource_suffix=self.resource_suffix,
-            network=self.network)
+            network=self.network,
+            compute_api_version=self.compute_api_version)
 
 
 class SecurityXdsKubernetesTestCase(XdsKubernetesTestCase):
@@ -431,7 +435,8 @@ class SecurityXdsKubernetesTestCase(XdsKubernetesTestCase):
             project=self.project,
             resource_prefix=self.resource_prefix,
             resource_suffix=self.resource_suffix,
-            network=self.network)
+            network=self.network,
+            compute_api_version=self.compute_api_version)
 
     def initKubernetesServerRunner(self) -> KubernetesServerRunner:
         return KubernetesServerRunner(
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_url_map_test_resources.py b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_url_map_test_resources.py
index e3240c78893..44d5fad8733 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_url_map_test_resources.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/xds_k8s_test_driver/framework/xds_url_map_test_resources.py
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class GcpResourceManager(metaclass=_MetaSingletonAndAbslFlags):
             resource_prefix=self.resource_prefix,
             resource_suffix=(self.resource_suffix or ""),
             network=self.network,
+            compute_api_version=self.compute_api_version,
         )
         # Kubernetes namespace
         self.k8s_namespace = k8s.KubernetesNamespace(self.k8s_api_manager,