diff --git a/test/images/README.md b/test/images/README.md
index 224eab98470..4941f29bc1e 100644
--- a/test/images/README.md
+++ b/test/images/README.md
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ After all the above has been done, run the [desired tests](https://github.com/ku
 
 Now that you have made the changes and tested locally, you are ready to share those changes.  This is a multi step process:
 
-1. Open a pull request with your changes to the test image (the new functionality and version bump). Go through the review process and merge the pull request. See this [pull request](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99860/files) for an example.
+1. In the same pull request containing your proposed changes, bump the version of the image in question. Each test image has
+a VERSION file in its directory. For example, the agnhost image's VERSION file is in `test/images/agnhost/VERSION`.
 2. After the pull request has been approved and merged, an **automatic** postsubmit
 job will then be triggered which will build the images that were changed.  For example, if a change was
 made in `test/images/agnhost`, then the job [post-kubernetes-push-e2e-agnhost-test-images](
diff --git a/test/images/agnhost/VERSION b/test/images/agnhost/VERSION
index ccdaba5bb4e..90177b756a6 100644
--- a/test/images/agnhost/VERSION
+++ b/test/images/agnhost/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.35
+2.36