diff --git a/tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh
index 0a0100668..82e20ebba 100755
--- a/tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ set -o pipefail
 kata_tarball_dir="${2:-kata-artifacts}"
 docker_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 source "${docker_dir}/../../common.bash"
+image="${image:-instrumentisto/nmap:latest}"
 
 function install_dependencies() {
 	info "Installing the dependencies needed for running the docker smoke test"
 
 	install_docker
+
+	sudo -E docker pull "${image}"
 }
 
 function run() {
@@ -25,10 +28,10 @@ function run() {
 	enabling_hypervisor
 
 	info "Running docker with runc"
-	sudo docker run --rm --entrypoint nping instrumentisto/nmap --tcp-connect -c 2 -p 80 www.github.com
+	sudo docker run --rm --entrypoint nping "${image}" --tcp-connect -c 2 -p 80 www.github.com
 
 	info "Running docker with Kata Containers (${KATA_HYPERVISOR})"
-	sudo docker run --rm --runtime io.containerd.kata-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}.v2 --entrypoint nping instrumentisto/nmap --tcp-connect -c 2 -p 80 www.github.com
+	sudo docker run --rm --runtime io.containerd.kata-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}.v2 --entrypoint nping "${image}" --tcp-connect -c 2 -p 80 www.github.com
 }
 
 function main() {