diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
index edf8ebcdb..b6246b6fa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
   allow_failure: true
   extends: .packet
 
+packet_cleanup_old:
+  stage: deploy-part1
+  extends: .packet_periodic
+  script:
+    - cd tests
+    - make cleanup-packet
+  after_script: []
+
 # The ubuntu20-calico-aio jobs are meant as early stages to prevent running the full CI if something is horribly broken
 packet_ubuntu20-calico-aio:
   stage: deploy-part1
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 787449e5b..c9f561eee 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ create-packet: init-packet
 	$(ANSIBLE_LOG_LEVEL) \
 	-e @"files/${CI_JOB_NAME}.yml" \
 	-e test_id=$(TEST_ID) \
+	-e branch="$(CI_COMMIT_BRANCH)" \
+	-e pipeline_id="$(CI_PIPELINE_ID)" \
 	-e inventory_path=$(INVENTORY)
 
 delete-packet:
@@ -71,8 +73,14 @@ delete-packet:
 	$(ANSIBLE_LOG_LEVEL) \
 	-e @"files/${CI_JOB_NAME}.yml" \
 	-e test_id=$(TEST_ID) \
+	-e branch="$(CI_COMMIT_BRANCH)" \
+	-e pipeline_id="$(CI_PIPELINE_ID)" \
 	-e inventory_path=$(INVENTORY)
 
+cleanup-packet:
+	ansible-playbook cloud_playbooks/cleanup-packet.yml -c local \
+	$(ANSIBLE_LOG_LEVEL)
+
 create-vagrant:
 	vagrant up
 	find / -name vagrant_ansible_inventory
diff --git a/tests/cloud_playbooks/cleanup-packet.yml b/tests/cloud_playbooks/cleanup-packet.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b709d6d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cloud_playbooks/cleanup-packet.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+
+- hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: no
+  become: true
+  roles:
+    - { role: cleanup-packet-ci }
diff --git a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/cleanup-packet-ci/tasks/main.yml b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/cleanup-packet-ci/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9256b2d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/cleanup-packet-ci/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+
+- name: Fetch a list of namespaces
+  kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+    api_version: v1
+    kind: Namespace
+    label_selectors:
+      - cijobs = true
+  register: namespaces
+
+- name: Delete stale namespaces for more than 2 hours
+  command: "kubectl delete namespace {{ item.metadata.name }}"
+  failed_when: false
+  loop: "{{ namespaces.resources }}"
+  when:
+    - (now() - (item.metadata.creationTimestamp | to_datetime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"))).total_seconds() >= 7200
diff --git a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/cleanup-old-vms.yml b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/cleanup-old-vms.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf81e81b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/cleanup-old-vms.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+
+- name: Fetch a list of namespaces
+  kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+    api_version: v1
+    kind: Namespace
+    label_selectors:
+      - cijobs = true
+      - branch = {{ branch }}
+  register: namespaces
+
+- name: Delete older namespaces
+  command: "kubectl delete namespace {{ item.metadata.name }}"
+  failed_when: false
+  loop: "{{ namespaces.resources }}"
+  when:
+    - (item.metadata.labels.pipeline_id | int) < (pipeline_id | int)
diff --git a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/create-vms.yml b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/create-vms.yml
index 4f0a66844..8ccf5adc5 100644
--- a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/create-vms.yml
+++ b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/create-vms.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 ---
 
 - name: "Create CI namespace {{ test_name }} for test vms"
-  command: "kubectl create namespace {{ test_name }}"
+  shell: |-
+    kubectl create namespace {{ test_name }} &&
+      kubectl label namespace {{ test_name }} cijobs=true branch="{{ branch }}" pipeline_id="{{ pipeline_id }}"
   changed_when: false
 
 - name: "Create temp dir /tmp/{{ test_name }} for CI files"
diff --git a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/main.yml b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/main.yml
index bf4e974e3..9d8e105db 100644
--- a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   set_fact:
     vm_count: "{%- if mode in ['separate', 'separate-scale', 'ha', 'ha-scale', 'ha-recover', 'ha-recover-noquorum'] -%}{{ 3|int }}{%- elif mode == 'aio' -%}{{ 1|int }}{%- else -%}{{ 2|int }}{%- endif -%}"
 
+- import_tasks: cleanup-old-vms.yml
+
 - import_tasks: create-vms.yml
   when:
     - not vm_cleanup