diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-cleanup/base/kata-cleanup.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-cleanup/base/kata-cleanup.yaml
index 5e80c0f890..ae5200531f 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-cleanup/base/kata-cleanup.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-cleanup/base/kata-cleanup.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
           katacontainers.io/kata-runtime: cleanup
       containers:
       - name: kube-kata-cleanup
-        image: katadocker/kata-deploy
+        image: katadocker/kata-deploy:2.1.0-alpha1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         command: [ "bash", "-c", "/opt/kata-artifacts/scripts/kata-deploy.sh reset" ]
         env: