diff --git a/.gitlab/common/test_infra_version.yml b/.gitlab/common/test_infra_version.yml
index b2461c4666a84..cb50b33c17b39 100644
--- a/.gitlab/common/test_infra_version.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/common/test_infra_version.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 variables:
   # To use images from test-infra-definitions dev branches, set the SUFFIX variable to -dev
   # and check the job creating the image to make sure you have the right SHA prefix
-  TEST_INFRA_DEFINITIONS_BUILDIMAGES_SUFFIX: ""
+  TEST_INFRA_DEFINITIONS_BUILDIMAGES_SUFFIX: "-dev"
   # Make sure to update test-infra-definitions version in go.mod as well
-  TEST_INFRA_DEFINITIONS_BUILDIMAGES: 7cd5e8a62570
+  TEST_INFRA_DEFINITIONS_BUILDIMAGES: 404ca75a476c
diff --git a/test/new-e2e/go.mod b/test/new-e2e/go.mod
index 1f490aec794ba..e48aa9e5ed901 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/go.mod
+++ b/test/new-e2e/go.mod
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ require (
 	// `TEST_INFRA_DEFINITIONS_BUILDIMAGES` matches the commit sha in the module version
 	// Example: 	github.com/DataDog/test-infra-definitions v0.0.0-YYYYMMDDHHmmSS-0123456789AB
 	// => TEST_INFRA_DEFINITIONS_BUILDIMAGES: 0123456789AB
-	github.com/DataDog/test-infra-definitions v0.0.0-20241115164330-7cd5e8a62570
+	github.com/DataDog/test-infra-definitions v0.0.0-20241122164717-404ca75a476c
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.32.2
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.27.40
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 v1.164.2
diff --git a/test/new-e2e/go.sum b/test/new-e2e/go.sum
index 5ac39b6fdf4bd..34bdc6ae9c3bd 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/go.sum
+++ b/test/new-e2e/go.sum
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.5.0 h1:G5KHeB8pWBNXT4Jtw0zAkhdxEAWSpWH00geHI
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.5.0/go.mod h1:K9kcYBlxkcPP8tvvjZZKs/m1edNAUFzBbdpTUKfCsuw=
 github.com/DataDog/mmh3 v0.0.0-20200805151601-30884ca2197a h1:m9REhmyaWD5YJ0P53ygRHxKKo+KM+nw+zz0hEdKztMo=
 github.com/DataDog/mmh3 v0.0.0-20200805151601-30884ca2197a/go.mod h1:SvsjzyJlSg0rKsqYgdcFxeEVflx3ZNAyFfkUHP0TxXg=
-github.com/DataDog/test-infra-definitions v0.0.0-20241115164330-7cd5e8a62570 h1:vVkrzQIPIhgxZP+GMd+9UhILnZTj1Uf4wZlxhcDGysA=
-github.com/DataDog/test-infra-definitions v0.0.0-20241115164330-7cd5e8a62570/go.mod h1:l0n0FQYdWWQxbI5a2EkuynRQIteUQcYOaOhdxD9TvJs=
+github.com/DataDog/test-infra-definitions v0.0.0-20241122164717-404ca75a476c h1:1mEGPRg4296N0Qxzf/xeKZH5xadAwUO4ZEDudcxTlyE=
+github.com/DataDog/test-infra-definitions v0.0.0-20241122164717-404ca75a476c/go.mod h1:l0n0FQYdWWQxbI5a2EkuynRQIteUQcYOaOhdxD9TvJs=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.5 h1:oWf5W7GtOLgp6bciQYDmhHHjdhYkALu6S/5Ni9ZgSvQ=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.5/go.mod h1:g4AWEaM3yOg3HYfnJ3YIawPnVdXJh9QME85blwSAmyw=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd_0 v0.0.0-20210310093942-586c1286621f h1:5Vuo4niPKFkfwW55jV4vY0ih3VQ9RaQqeqY67fvRn8A=
diff --git a/test/new-e2e/tests/containers/k8s_test.go b/test/new-e2e/tests/containers/k8s_test.go
index 3629b348da837..6162bb14af53a 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/tests/containers/k8s_test.go
+++ b/test/new-e2e/tests/containers/k8s_test.go
@@ -946,37 +946,12 @@ func (suite *k8sSuite) testAdmissionControllerPod(namespace string, name string,
 		}, 5*time.Minute, 10*time.Second, "The deployment with name %s in namespace %s does not exist or does not have the auto detected languages annotation", name, namespace)
 	}
 
-	// Record old pod, so we can be sure we are not looking at the incorrect one after deletion
-	oldPods, err := suite.K8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+	pods, err := suite.K8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
 		LabelSelector: fields.OneTermEqualSelector("app", name).String(),
 	})
 	suite.Require().NoError(err)
-	suite.Require().Len(oldPods.Items, 1)
-	oldPod := oldPods.Items[0]
-
-	// Delete the pod to ensure it is recreated after the admission controller is deployed
-	err = suite.K8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).DeleteCollection(ctx, metav1.DeleteOptions{}, metav1.ListOptions{
-		LabelSelector: fields.OneTermEqualSelector("app", name).String(),
-	})
-	suite.Require().NoError(err)
-
-	// Wait for the fresh pod to be created
-	var pod corev1.Pod
-	suite.Require().EventuallyWithTf(func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-		pods, err := suite.K8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
-			LabelSelector: fields.OneTermEqualSelector("app", name).String(),
-		})
-		if !assert.NoError(c, err) {
-			return
-		}
-		if !assert.Len(c, pods.Items, 1) {
-			return
-		}
-		pod = pods.Items[0]
-		if !assert.NotEqual(c, oldPod.Name, pod.Name) {
-			return
-		}
-	}, 2*time.Minute, 10*time.Second, "Failed to witness the creation of pod with name %s in namespace %s", name, namespace)
+	suite.Require().Len(pods.Items, 1)
+	pod := pods.Items[0]
 
 	suite.Require().Len(pod.Spec.Containers, 1)