diff --git a/e2e/common/helpers.go b/e2e/common/helpers.go
index 82dfe8c32..48191058e 100644
--- a/e2e/common/helpers.go
+++ b/e2e/common/helpers.go
@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	v12 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
 	"github.com/kube-logging/logging-operator/pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/kube-logging/logging-operator/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output"
 )
 
+const (
+	FluentdImageTag = "v1.17-5.0-base"
+)
+
 var sequence uint32
 
 func RequireNoError(t *testing.T, err error) {
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ func LoggingInfra(
 			ControlNamespace: nsInfra,
 			FluentdSpec: &v1beta1.FluentdSpec{
 				Image: v1beta1.ImageSpec{
-					Tag: "v1.16-4.11-base",
+					Tag: FluentdImageTag,
 				},
 				DisablePvc: true,
 				Resources: v12.ResourceRequirements{
diff --git a/e2e/fluentd-aggregator-namespacelabel/fluentd_aggregator_test.go b/e2e/fluentd-aggregator-namespacelabel/fluentd_aggregator_test.go
index 53fa6e0c6..d3bf64a17 100644
--- a/e2e/fluentd-aggregator-namespacelabel/fluentd_aggregator_test.go
+++ b/e2e/fluentd-aggregator-namespacelabel/fluentd_aggregator_test.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func TestFluentdAggregator_NamespaceLabel(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				FluentdSpec: &v1beta1.FluentdSpec{
 					Image: v1beta1.ImageSpec{
-						Tag: "v1.16-4.11-base",
+						Tag: common.FluentdImageTag,
 					},
 					Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 						Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
diff --git a/e2e/fluentd-aggregator/fluentd_aggregator_test.go b/e2e/fluentd-aggregator/fluentd_aggregator_test.go
index 544b1f9aa..a03646de7 100644
--- a/e2e/fluentd-aggregator/fluentd_aggregator_test.go
+++ b/e2e/fluentd-aggregator/fluentd_aggregator_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestFluentdAggregator_MultiWorker(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				FluentdSpec: &v1beta1.FluentdSpec{
 					Image: v1beta1.ImageSpec{
-						Tag: "v1.16-4.11-base",
+						Tag: common.FluentdImageTag,
 					},
 					Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 						Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func TestFluentdAggregator_ConfigChecks(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				FluentdSpec: &v1beta1.FluentdSpec{
 					Image: v1beta1.ImageSpec{
-						Tag: "v1.16-4.11-base",
+						Tag: common.FluentdImageTag,
 					},
 					Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 						Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
diff --git a/e2e/volumedrain/volumedrain_test.go b/e2e/volumedrain/volumedrain_test.go
index 7f64cd626..17a01d17b 100644
--- a/e2e/volumedrain/volumedrain_test.go
+++ b/e2e/volumedrain/volumedrain_test.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestVolumeDrain_Downscale(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				FluentdSpec: &v1beta1.FluentdSpec{
 					Image: v1beta1.ImageSpec{
-						Tag: "v1.16-4.11-base",
+						Tag: common.FluentdImageTag,
 					},
 					Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 						Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1/logging_types.go b/pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1/logging_types.go
index cd496ef51..36bbd7921 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1/logging_types.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1/logging_types.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultFluentbitConfigReloaderImageRepository = "ghcr.io/kube-logging/config-reloader"
 	DefaultFluentbitConfigReloaderImageTag        = "v0.0.6"
 	DefaultFluentdImageRepository                 = "ghcr.io/kube-logging/fluentd"
-	DefaultFluentdImageTag                        = "v1.16-4.11-full"
+	DefaultFluentdImageTag                        = "v1.17-5.0-full"
 	DefaultFluentdBufferStorageVolumeName         = "fluentd-buffer"
 	DefaultFluentdDrainWatchImageRepository       = "ghcr.io/kube-logging/fluentd-drain-watch"
 	DefaultFluentdDrainWatchImageTag              = "v0.2.3"