diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index a16c6844f76..4ec0c0178fe 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION=${KUBE_NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-${KUBE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-gci}}
 # containervm. If you are updating the containervm version, update this
 # variable.
 CVM_VERSION=container-v1-3-v20160604
+GCI_VERSION="gci-dev-54-8743-3-0"
 MASTER_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_IMAGE:-}
 MASTER_IMAGE_PROJECT=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_PROJECT:-google-containers}
 NODE_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_IMAGE:-${CVM_VERSION}}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 7b6bf1b746a..19f21ee1676 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION=${KUBE_NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-${KUBE_OS_DISTRIBUTION:-gci}}
 # containervm. If you are updating the containervm version, update this
 # variable.
 CVM_VERSION=container-v1-3-v20160604
+GCI_VERSION="gci-dev-54-8743-3-0"
 MASTER_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_IMAGE:-}
 MASTER_IMAGE_PROJECT=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_PROJECT:-google-containers}
 NODE_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_IMAGE:-${CVM_VERSION}}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 9e226ed4032..04642b65947 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -37,29 +37,10 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
-function get_latest_gci_image() {
-  # GCI milestone to use
-  GCI_MILESTONE="53"
-
-  # First try to find an active (non-deprecated) image on this milestone.
-  gci_images=( $(gcloud compute images list --project google-containers \
-      --no-standard-images --sort-by="~creationTimestamp" \
-      --regexp="gci-[a-z]+-${GCI_MILESTONE}-.*" --format="table[no-heading](name)") )
-
-  # If no active image is available, search across all deprecated images.
-  if [[ ${#gci_images[@]} == 0 ]] ; then
-    gci_images=( $(gcloud compute images list --project google-containers \
-        --no-standard-images --show-deprecated --sort-by="~creationTimestamp" \
-        --regexp="gci-[a-z]+-${GCI_MILESTONE}-.*" --format="table[no-heading](name)") )
-  fi
-
-  echo "${gci_images[0]}"
-}
-
 if [[ "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" ]]; then
   # If the master image is not set, we use the latest GCI image.
   # Otherwise, we respect whatever is set by the user.
-  MASTER_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_IMAGE:-"$(get_latest_gci_image)"}
+  MASTER_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_IMAGE:-${GCI_VERSION}}
   MASTER_IMAGE_PROJECT=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_PROJECT:-google-containers}
 elif [[ "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "debian" ]]; then
   MASTER_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_IMAGE:-${CVM_VERSION}}
@@ -69,7 +50,7 @@ fi
 if [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" ]]; then
   # If the node image is not set, we use the latest GCI image.
   # Otherwise, we respect whatever is set by the user.
-  NODE_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_IMAGE:-"$(get_latest_gci_image)"}
+  NODE_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_IMAGE:-${GCI_VERSION}}
   NODE_IMAGE_PROJECT=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_PROJECT:-google-containers}
 elif [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "debian" ]]; then
   NODE_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_IMAGE:-${CVM_VERSION}}
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/image-config.yaml b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/image-config.yaml
index f9840501d3f..e9e9f26f19b 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/image-config.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/image-config.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ images:
     image: e2e-node-containervm-v20160321-image
     project: kubernetes-node-e2e-images
   gci-family:
-    image_regex: gci-dev-.*
+    image_regex: gci-dev-54-8743-3-0
     project: google-containers
     metadata: "user-data<test/e2e_node/jenkins/gci-init.yaml"