diff --git a/test/utils/image/manifest.go b/test/utils/image/manifest.go
index b105526c21f..94e14660910 100644
--- a/test/utils/image/manifest.go
+++ b/test/utils/image/manifest.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func initReg() RegistryList {
 		SigStorageRegistry:      "k8s.gcr.io/sig-storage",
 		PrivateRegistry:         "gcr.io/k8s-authenticated-test",
 		SampleRegistry:          "gcr.io/google-samples",
+		GcrReleaseRegistry:      "gcr.io/gke-release",
 		MicrosoftRegistry:       "mcr.microsoft.com",
 	}
 	repoList := os.Getenv("KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST")
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ var (
 	gcEtcdRegistry          = registry.GcEtcdRegistry
 	gcRegistry              = registry.GcRegistry
 	sigStorageRegistry      = registry.SigStorageRegistry
+	gcrReleaseRegistry      = registry.GcrReleaseRegistry
 	invalidRegistry         = registry.InvalidRegistry
 	sampleRegistry          = registry.SampleRegistry
 	microsoftRegistry       = registry.MicrosoftRegistry
@@ -390,6 +392,8 @@ func ReplaceRegistryInImageURL(imageURL string) (string, error) {
 		registryAndUser = PrivateRegistry
 	case "gcr.io/google-samples":
 		registryAndUser = sampleRegistry
+	case "gcr.io/gke-release":
+		registryAndUser = gcrReleaseRegistry
 	case "docker.io/library":
 		registryAndUser = dockerLibraryRegistry
 	default:
diff --git a/test/utils/image/manifest_test.go b/test/utils/image/manifest_test.go
index 7894713d990..b02560806c3 100644
--- a/test/utils/image/manifest_test.go
+++ b/test/utils/image/manifest_test.go
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ var registryTests = []struct {
 			err:    nil,
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		"gcr.io/gke-release/test:latest",
+		result{
+			result: "test.io/gke-release/test:latest",
+			err:    nil,
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		"k8s.gcr.io/sig-storage/test:latest",
 		result{
@@ -104,6 +111,7 @@ func TestReplaceRegistryInImageURL(t *testing.T) {
 	dockerLibraryRegistry = "test.io/library"
 	e2eRegistry = "test.io/kubernetes-e2e-test-images"
 	gcRegistry = "test.io"
+	gcrReleaseRegistry = "test.io/gke-release"
 	PrivateRegistry = "test.io/k8s-authenticated-test"
 	sampleRegistry = "test.io/google-samples"
 	sigStorageRegistry = "test.io/sig-storage"