diff --git a/config/lava/boot/generic-qemu-boot-template.jinja2 b/config/lava/boot/generic-qemu-boot-template.jinja2
index be91c3436f..3c4ece6dba 100644
--- a/config/lava/boot/generic-qemu-boot-template.jinja2
+++ b/config/lava/boot/generic-qemu-boot-template.jinja2
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ actions:
     method: qemu
     media: tmpfs
     docker:
-      image: kernelci/qemu
+      image: kernelci/staging-qemu
       binary: {{ qemu_binary }}
     prompts:
       - '{{ rootfs_prompt }}'