diff --git a/build.assets/robotest/run.sh b/build.assets/robotest/run.sh
index a756736667..0ea2bfb570 100755
--- a/build.assets/robotest/run.sh
+++ b/build.assets/robotest/run.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ readonly ROBOTEST_SCRIPT=$(mktemp -d)/runsuite.sh
 
 # a number of environment variables are expected to be set
 # see https://github.com/gravitational/robotest/blob/v2.0.0/suite/README.md
-export ROBOTEST_VERSION=${ROBOTEST_VERSION:-2.2.0}
+export ROBOTEST_VERSION=${ROBOTEST_VERSION:-2.2.1}
 export ROBOTEST_REPO=quay.io/gravitational/robotest-suite:$ROBOTEST_VERSION
 export INSTALLER_URL=$GRAVITY_BUILDDIR/telekube.tar
 export GRAVITY_URL=$GRAVITY_BUILDDIR/gravity