diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats
index 140507fdf0..d8ed91c9d9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-pod.bats
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ test_pod_policy_error() {
 
 	# Execute commands allowed by the policy.
 	pod_exec_allowed_command "${pod_name}" "echo" "livenessProbe" "test"
-	pod_exec_allowed_command "${pod_name}" "sh" "-c" "ls -l /"
+	pod_exec_allowed_command "${pod_name}" "echo" "-n" "readinessProbe with space characters"
 	pod_exec_allowed_command "${pod_name}" "echo" "startupProbe" "test"
 
 	# Try to execute commands disallowed by the policy.
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-pod.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-pod.yaml
index d6bc21afee..db4a988d67 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-pod.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-pod.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ spec:
   terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
   runtimeClassName: kata
   containers:
-    - name: busybox
-      image: quay.io/prometheus/busybox:latest
+    - name: prometheus
+      image: quay.io/prometheus/prometheus:latest
+      command:
+        - /bin/sh
       env:
         - name: KUBE_CONFIG_1
           valueFrom:
@@ -40,9 +42,9 @@ spec:
       readinessProbe:
         exec:
           command:
-            - "sh"
-            - "-c"
-            - "ls -l /"
+            - "echo"
+            - "-n"
+            - "readinessProbe with space characters"
       startupProbe:
         exec:
           command: