diff --git a/pkg/instance/build.go b/pkg/instance/build.go
index 126783a..47fdec0 100644
--- a/pkg/instance/build.go
+++ b/pkg/instance/build.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	baseInitImageName = "nicolaka/netshoot"
+	baseInitImageName = "alpine:latest"
 )
 
 type build struct {
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/pod.go b/pkg/k8s/pod.go
index 18c37b4..4884b65 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/pod.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ const (
 	podFilesConfigmapNameSuffix = "-config"
 
 	initContainerNameSuffix = "-init"
-	initContainerImage      = "nicolaka/netshoot"
 	defaultContainerUser    = 0
 )