diff --git a/tests/vmtests/fetch-data.sh b/tests/vmtests/fetch-data.sh
index 81aa94ba7d8..0232784a25a 100755
--- a/tests/vmtests/fetch-data.sh
+++ b/tests/vmtests/fetch-data.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 
 
 OCIORG=quay.io/lvh-images
-ROOTIMG=$OCIORG/root-images
+ROOTIMG=$OCIORG/root-images:20240717.161638@sha256:62a9890111ab39749792fda4f59c8f736fa350ecaedb0667e3eecbbe790d82ed
 KERNIMG=$OCIORG/kernel-images
 CONTAINER_ENGINE=${CONTAINER_ENGINE:-docker}
 KERNEL_VERS="$@"