diff --git a/cilium/tests/terraform/cilium.yaml b/cilium/tests/terraform/cilium.yaml
index 17fd27bc13d5c..7357091a935bf 100644
--- a/cilium/tests/terraform/cilium.yaml
+++ b/cilium/tests/terraform/cilium.yaml
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ spec:
               key: custom-cni-conf
               name: cilium-config
               optional: true
-        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6"
+        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6.5"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         lifecycle:
           postStart:
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ spec:
       initContainers:
       - name: wait-for-node-init
         command: ['sh', '-c', 'until stat /tmp/cilium-bootstrap-time > /dev/null 2>&1; do echo "Waiting on node-init to run..."; sleep 1; done']
-        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6"
+        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6.5"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /tmp/cilium-bootstrap-time
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ spec:
               key: wait-bpf-mount
               name: cilium-config
               optional: true
-        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6"
+        image: "docker.io/cilium/cilium:v1.6.5"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: clean-cilium-state
         securityContext:
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ spec:
               key: identity-allocation-mode
               name: cilium-config
               optional: true
-        image: "docker.io/cilium/operator:v1.6"
+        image: "docker.io/cilium/operator:v1.6.5"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: cilium-operator
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/cilium/tox.ini b/cilium/tox.ini
index cfff3a9b8ecb1..8a905f518a1ec 100644
--- a/cilium/tox.ini
+++ b/cilium/tox.ini
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ commands =
     pip install -r requirements.in
     pytest -v {posargs}
 setenv =
-    CILIUM_VERSION = 1.6.90
+    CILIUM_VERSION = 1.6.50