diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats
index 435319ed3f..8d88caab17 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
+issue="https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/10297"
+
 setup() {
 	auto_generate_policy_enabled || skip "Auto-generated policy tests are disabled."
 
@@ -37,6 +39,9 @@ setup() {
 
     # Save some time by executing genpolicy a single time.
     if [ "${BATS_TEST_NUMBER}" == "1" ]; then
+		# Work around #10297 if needed.
+		prometheus_image_supported || replace_prometheus_image
+
 		# Save pre-generated yaml files
 		cp "${correct_configmap_yaml}" "${pre_generate_configmap_yaml}" 
 		cp "${correct_pod_yaml}" "${pre_generate_pod_yaml}"
@@ -54,6 +59,22 @@ setup() {
 	cp "${pre_generate_pod_yaml}" "${testcase_pre_generate_pod_yaml}"
 }
 
+prometheus_image_supported() {
+	[[ "${SNAPSHOTTER:-}" == "nydus" ]] && return 1
+	return 0
+}
+
+replace_prometheus_image() {
+	info "Replacing prometheus image with busybox to work around ${issue}"
+
+	yq -i \
+		'.spec.containers[0].name = "busybox"' \
+		"${correct_pod_yaml}"
+	yq -i \
+		'.spec.containers[0].image = "quay.io/prometheus/busybox:latest"' \
+		"${correct_pod_yaml}"
+}
+
 # Common function for several test cases from this bats script.
 wait_for_pod_ready() {
 	kubectl create -f "${correct_configmap_yaml}"
@@ -210,6 +231,8 @@ test_pod_policy_error() {
 }
 
 @test "Successful pod: runAsUser having the same value as the UID from the container image" {
+	prometheus_image_supported || skip "Test case not supported due to ${issue}"
+
 	# This container image specifies user = "nobody" that corresponds to UID = 65534. Setting
 	# the same value for runAsUser in the YAML file doesn't change the auto-generated Policy.
 	yq -i \
@@ -222,6 +245,8 @@ test_pod_policy_error() {
 }
 
 @test "Policy failure: unexpected UID = 0" {
+	prometheus_image_supported || skip "Test case not supported due to ${issue}"
+
 	# Change the container UID to 0 after the policy has been generated, and verify that the
 	# change gets rejected by the policy. UID = 0 is the default value from genpolicy, but
 	# this container image specifies user = "nobody" that corresponds to UID = 65534.