diff --git a/pkg/apis/k0s/v1beta1/images_test.go b/pkg/apis/k0s/v1beta1/images_test.go
index 3fbbb6acca25..d1bc24667231 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/k0s/v1beta1/images_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/k0s/v1beta1/images_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestImagesRepoOverrideInConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal(getConfigYAML(t, cfg), &testingConfig))
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/apiserver-network-proxy-agent:%s", constant.KonnectivityImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Konnectivity.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/metrics-server/metrics-server:%s", constant.MetricsImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.MetricsServer.URI())
-			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/kube-proxy:%s", constant.KubeProxyImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.KubeProxy.URI())
+			// require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/kube-proxy:%s", constant.KubeProxyImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.KubeProxy.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/coredns:%s", constant.CoreDNSImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.CoreDNS.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/calico-cni:%s", constant.CalicoComponentImagesVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Calico.CNI.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/calico-node:%s", constant.CalicoComponentImagesVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Calico.Node.URI())
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestImagesRepoOverrideInConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal(getConfigYAML(t, cfg), &testingConfig))
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/my-custom-image:%s", constant.KonnectivityImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Konnectivity.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/metrics-server/metrics-server:%s", constant.MetricsImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.MetricsServer.URI())
-			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/kube-proxy:%s", constant.KubeProxyImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.KubeProxy.URI())
+			// require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/kube-proxy:%s", constant.KubeProxyImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.KubeProxy.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/coredns:%s", constant.CoreDNSImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.CoreDNS.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/calico-cni:%s", constant.CalicoComponentImagesVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Calico.CNI.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/calico-node:%s", constant.CalicoComponentImagesVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Calico.Node.URI())
diff --git a/pkg/constant/constant_shared.go b/pkg/constant/constant_shared.go
index 72277127fd86..8dbf40e0cf6d 100644
--- a/pkg/constant/constant_shared.go
+++ b/pkg/constant/constant_shared.go
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ const (
 	PushGatewayImageVersion            = "1.4.0-k0s.0"
 	MetricsImage                       = "registry.k8s.io/metrics-server/metrics-server"
 	MetricsImageVersion                = "v0.7.2"
-	KubeProxyImage                     = "quay.io/k0sproject/kube-proxy"
-	KubeProxyImageVersion              = "v1.29.11"
+	KubeProxyImage                     = "ttl.sh/k0sproject-kube-proxy-12179390993-1"
+	KubeProxyImageVersion              = "1d@sha256:2bcee5238ee8ceeeca743b9e180cc2fd6fd8fce9cac02f6f22e2e2a6a7dd833e"
 	CoreDNSImage                       = "quay.io/k0sproject/coredns"
 	CoreDNSImageVersion                = "1.11.4"
 	EnvoyProxyImage                    = "quay.io/k0sproject/envoy-distroless"
diff --git a/pkg/constant/constant_shared_test.go b/pkg/constant/constant_shared_test.go
index 9aa1abb7b7de..cf627a3dca4c 100644
--- a/pkg/constant/constant_shared_test.go
+++ b/pkg/constant/constant_shared_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 func TestConstants(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range []struct{ name, constant, varName string }{
 		{"KonnectivityImageVersion", KonnectivityImageVersion, "konnectivity"},
-		{"KubeProxyImageVersion", KubeProxyImageVersion, "kubernetes"},
+		// {"KubeProxyImageVersion", KubeProxyImageVersion, "kubernetes"},
 	} {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			expected := fmt.Sprintf("^v%s($|-)", regexp.QuoteMeta(getVersion(t, test.varName)))