diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-gcp-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-gcp-tests.yml
index 65cd9c93bf8..905a8a3d148 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-gcp-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-gcp-tests.yml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
           --image-project=cos-cloud \
           --image-family=cos-stable \
           --create-disk=name="${{ inputs.test_id }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}",device-name="${{ inputs.test_id }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}",size=300GB,type=pd-ssd \
-          --container-image=gcr.io/google-containers/busybox \
+          --container-image=gcr.io/google-containers/ubuntu \
           --machine-type ${{ vars.GCP_LARGE_MACHINE }} \
           --network-interface=subnet=${{ vars.GCP_SUBNETWORK }} \
           --scopes cloud-platform \
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ jobs:
           --image-project=cos-cloud \
           --image-family=cos-stable \
           --create-disk=image=${{ env.CACHED_DISK_NAME }},name="${{ inputs.test_id }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}",device-name="${{ inputs.test_id }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}",size=300GB,type=pd-ssd \
-          --container-image=gcr.io/google-containers/busybox \
+          --container-image=gcr.io/google-containers/ubuntu \
           --machine-type ${{ vars.GCP_LARGE_MACHINE }} \
           --network-interface=subnet=${{ vars.GCP_SUBNETWORK }} \
           --scopes cloud-platform \