diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java
index 72572c429ff87..2105feb7c9a86 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/InitTaskProcessor.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 public class InitTaskProcessor {
 
     private static final String INIT_CONTAINER_WAITER_NAME = "init";
-    private static final String INIT_CONTAINER_WAITER_DEFAULT_IMAGE = "groundnuty/k8s-wait-for:1.3";
+    private static final String INIT_CONTAINER_WAITER_DEFAULT_IMAGE = "groundnuty/k8s-wait-for:no-root-v1.7";
 
     static void process(
             String target, // kubernetes, openshift, etc.
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithFlywayInitTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithFlywayInitTest.java
index 604bea2485ce6..6819fcfbc8505 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithFlywayInitTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithFlywayInitTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
                     assertThat(t.getSpec()).satisfies(podSpec -> {
                         assertThat(podSpec.getInitContainers()).singleElement().satisfies(container -> {
                             assertThat(container.getName()).isEqualTo("init");
-                            assertThat(container.getImage()).isEqualTo("groundnuty/k8s-wait-for:1.3");
+                            assertThat(container.getImage()).isEqualTo("groundnuty/k8s-wait-for:no-root-v1.7");
                         });
 
                     });