diff --git a/e2e/run.sh b/e2e/run.sh
index 2977de560..c7825bfd3 100755
--- a/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/e2e/run.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ cd $(dirname "$0");
 
 readonly cluster_name="postgres-operator-e2e-tests"
 readonly kubeconfig_path="/tmp/kind-config-${cluster_name}"
-readonly spilo_test_image="registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-cdp-12:1.6-p16"
 
 function pull_images(){
 
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ function start_kind(){
   kind create cluster --name ${cluster_name} --config kind-cluster-postgres-operator-e2e-tests.yaml
   kind load docker-image "${operator_image}" --name ${cluster_name}
   kind load docker-image "${e2e_test_image}" --name ${cluster_name}
-  kind load docker-image "${spilo_test_image}" --name ${cluster_name}
   KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name=${cluster_name})"
   export KUBECONFIG
 }
diff --git a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
index f95efe2e9..ebc7852b1 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
+++ b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         pod1 = "acid-minimal-cluster-1"
 
         # enable lazy update
-        conf_image = "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-cdp-12:1.6-p16"
+        conf_image = "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-cdp-12:1.6-p112"
         patch_lazy_spilo_upgrade = {
             "data": {
                 "enable_lazy_spilo_upgrade": "true",