diff --git a/api/v1alpha2/jenkins_types.go b/api/v1alpha2/jenkins_types.go
index 7de4f09b..e6550698 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha2/jenkins_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha2/jenkins_types.go
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ type JenkinsSpec struct {
 	// +optional
 	SeedJobs []SeedJob `json:"seedJobs,omitempty"`
 
+	// SeedJobAgentImage defines the image that will be used by the seed job agent. If not defined jenkins/inbound-agent:4.9-1 will be used.
+	// +optional
+	SeedJobAgentImage string `json:"seedJobAgentImage,omitempty"`
+
 	// ValidateSecurityWarnings enables or disables validating potential security warnings in Jenkins plugins via admission webhooks.
 	//+optional
 	ValidateSecurityWarnings bool `json:"validateSecurityWarnings,omitempty"`
diff --git a/chart/jenkins-operator/crds/jenkins-crd.yaml b/chart/jenkins-operator/crds/jenkins-crd.yaml
index 33b373fc..3b27078d 100644
--- a/chart/jenkins-operator/crds/jenkins-crd.yaml
+++ b/chart/jenkins-operator/crds/jenkins-crd.yaml
@@ -3118,6 +3118,9 @@ spec:
                   - name
                   type: object
                 type: array
+              seedJobAgentImage:
+                  type: string
+                  description: 'SeedJobAgentImage defines the image that will be used by the seed job agent. If not defined jenkins/inbound-agent:4.9-1 will be used.'
               seedJobs:
                 description: 'SeedJobs defines list of Jenkins Seed Job configurations
                   More info: https://jenkinsci.github.io/kubernetes-operator/docs/getting-started/latest/configuration#configure-seed-jobs-and-pipelines'
diff --git a/chart/jenkins-operator/values.yaml b/chart/jenkins-operator/values.yaml
index cf95f245..0d962b88 100644
--- a/chart/jenkins-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/jenkins-operator/values.yaml
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ jenkins:
   #    repositoryUrl: https://github.com/jenkinsci/kubernetes-operator.git
   seedJobs: []
 
+  # SeedJobAgentImage defines the image that will be used by the seed job agent. If not defined jenkins/inbound-agent:4.9-1 will be used.
+  seedJobAgentImage: ""
+
   # Resource limit/request for Jenkins
   # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-compute-resources-container/ for details
   resources:
diff --git a/pkg/configuration/user/seedjobs/seedjobs.go b/pkg/configuration/user/seedjobs/seedjobs.go
index 2b19d736..b82c4951 100644
--- a/pkg/configuration/user/seedjobs/seedjobs.go
+++ b/pkg/configuration/user/seedjobs/seedjobs.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ const (
 	// AgentName is the name of seed job agent
 	AgentName = "seed-job-agent"
 
+	// DefaultAgentImage is the default image used for the seed-job agent
+	defaultAgentImage = "jenkins/inbound-agent:4.9-1"
+
 	creatingGroovyScriptName = "seed-job-groovy-script.groovy"
 
 	homeVolumeName = "home"
@@ -416,6 +419,11 @@ func agentDeployment(jenkins *v1alpha2.Jenkins, namespace string, agentName stri
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	agentImage := jenkins.Spec.SeedJobAgentImage
+	if jenkins.Spec.SeedJobAgentImage == "" {
+		agentImage = defaultAgentImage
+	}
+
 	suffix := ""
 	if prefix, ok := resources.GetJenkinsOpts(*jenkins)["prefix"]; ok {
 		suffix = prefix
@@ -445,7 +453,7 @@ func agentDeployment(jenkins *v1alpha2.Jenkins, namespace string, agentName stri
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{
 						{
 							Name:  "jnlp",
-							Image: "jenkins/inbound-agent:4.9-1",
+							Image: agentImage,
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name: "JENKINS_TUNNEL",
diff --git a/pkg/configuration/user/seedjobs/seedjobs_test.go b/pkg/configuration/user/seedjobs/seedjobs_test.go
index 45582e72..3cf06229 100644
--- a/pkg/configuration/user/seedjobs/seedjobs_test.go
+++ b/pkg/configuration/user/seedjobs/seedjobs_test.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func TestEnsureSeedJobs(t *testing.T) {
 		var agentDeployment appsv1.Deployment
 		err = fakeClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: jenkins.Namespace, Name: agentDeploymentName(*jenkins, AgentName)}, &agentDeployment)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "jenkins/inbound-agent:4.9-1", agentDeployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("delete agent deployment when no seed jobs", func(t *testing.T) {