diff --git a/packages/core/builder/templates/sandbox.yaml b/packages/core/builder/templates/sandbox.yaml
index 9189e8b1..0a850cb6 100755
--- a/packages/core/builder/templates/sandbox.yaml
+++ b/packages/core/builder/templates/sandbox.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
       automountServiceAccountToken: false
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 1
       containers:
-      - name: imagere
+      - name: imager
         image: "{{ .Values.talos.imager.image }}"
         securityContext:
           privileged: true
diff --git a/packages/core/builder/values.yaml b/packages/core/builder/values.yaml
index 5899a23b..ccebe8fe 100755
--- a/packages/core/builder/values.yaml
+++ b/packages/core/builder/values.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 talos:
   imager:
-    image: ghcr.io/siderolabs/imager:v1.8.4
+    image: ghcr.io/kvaps/talos/imager:v1.9.1-1-gac655f2d3-dirty
diff --git a/packages/core/installer/Makefile b/packages/core/installer/Makefile
index 2f0ef052..caf15bc4 100644
--- a/packages/core/installer/Makefile
+++ b/packages/core/installer/Makefile
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ diff:
 
 update:
 	hack/gen-profiles.sh
-	IMAGE=$$(awk '/^version:/ {print $$2}' images/talos/profiles/installer.yaml) \
-		yq -i '.talos.imager.image = "ghcr.io/siderolabs/imager:" + strenv(IMAGE)' ../builder/values.yaml
+	IMAGE=$$(yq '.input.baseInstaller.imageRef | sub("/installer:", "/imager:")' images/talos/profiles/installer.yaml) \
+		yq -i '.talos.imager.image = strenv(IMAGE)' ../builder/values.yaml
 
 image: pre-checks image-cozystack image-talos image-matchbox
 
diff --git a/packages/core/testing/Makefile b/packages/core/testing/Makefile
index ae8a2f2e..f8f3e5c6 100755
--- a/packages/core/testing/Makefile
+++ b/packages/core/testing/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ image-e2e-sandbox:
 copy-hack-dir:
 	tar -C ../../../ -cf- hack | kubectl exec -i -n $(NAMESPACE) deploy/cozystack-e2e-$(NAME) -- tar -xf-
 
-test: wait-for-sandbox copy-hack-dir ## Run the end-to-end tests in existing sandbox.
+copy-image:
+	cat ../../../_out/assets/nocloud-amd64.raw.xz | kubectl exec -i -n $(NAMESPACE) deploy/cozystack-e2e-$(NAME) -- sh -xec 'xz --decompress > /nocloud-amd64.raw'
+
+test: wait-for-sandbox copy-hack-dir copy-image ## Run the end-to-end tests in existing sandbox.
 	helm template -n cozy-system installer ../installer | kubectl exec -i -n $(NAMESPACE) deploy/cozystack-e2e-$(NAME) -- sh -c 'cat > /cozystack-installer.yaml'
 	kubectl exec -ti -n $(NAMESPACE) deploy/cozystack-e2e-$(NAME) -- sh -c 'export COZYSTACK_INSTALLER_YAML=$$(cat /cozystack-installer.yaml) && /hack/e2e.sh'