diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab398bdde6..835fec402a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   <cryostat.mainClass>io.cryostat.Cryostat</cryostat.mainClass>
   <cryostat.rjmxPort>9091</cryostat.rjmxPort>
   <cryostat.webPort>8181</cryostat.webPort>
+  <cryostat.itest.pullImages>always</cryostat.itest.pullImages>
   <cryostat.itest.webPort>8181</cryostat.itest.webPort>
   <cryostat.itest.webHost>localhost</cryostat.itest.webHost>
   <cryostat.itest.podName>cryostat-itests</cryostat.itest.podName>
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@
             <executable>${imageBuilder}</executable>
             <arguments>
               <argument>run</argument>
-              <argument>--pull=always</argument>
+              <argument>--pull=${cryostat.itest.pullImages}</argument>
               <argument>--pod=${cryostat.itest.podName}</argument>
               <argument>--name=jfr-datasource-itest</argument>
               <argument>--detach</argument>
@@ -515,7 +516,7 @@
             <executable>${imageBuilder}</executable>
             <arguments>
               <argument>run</argument>
-              <argument>--pull=always</argument>
+              <argument>--pull=${cryostat.itest.pullImages}</argument>
               <argument>--pod=${cryostat.itest.podName}</argument>
               <argument>--name=grafana-itest</argument>
               <argument>--env</argument>
diff --git a/repeated-integration-tests.bash b/repeated-integration-tests.bash
index 045b5d3365..4c7d758bfb 100755
--- a/repeated-integration-tests.bash
+++ b/repeated-integration-tests.bash
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ if [ -z "${ITEST_IMG_VERSION}" ]; then
     ITEST_IMG_VERSION="${ITEST_IMG_VERSION,,}" # lowercase
 fi
 
+if [ -z "${PULL_IMAGES}" ]; then
+    PULL_IMAGES="always"
+fi
+
 function cleanup() {
     if podman pod exists "${POD_NAME}"; then
         "${MVN}" exec:exec@destroy-pod
@@ -47,6 +51,9 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
 cleanup
 
 STARTFLAGS=(
+    "-DfailIfNoTests=true"
+    "-Dcryostat.imageVersion=${ITEST_IMG_VERSION}"
+    "-Dcryostat.itest.pullImages=${PULL_IMAGES}"
     "build-helper:regex-property@image-tag-to-lower"
     "exec:exec@create-pod"
     "exec:exec@start-jfr-datasource"
@@ -57,8 +64,6 @@ STARTFLAGS=(
     "exec:exec@wait-for-grafana"
     "failsafe:integration-test"
     "failsafe:verify"
-    "-DfailIfNoTests=true"
-    "-Dcryostat.imageVersion=${ITEST_IMG_VERSION}"
 )
 
 if [ -n "$2" ]; then
diff --git a/smoketest.sh b/smoketest.sh
index 4aebf72254..65443714fd 100755
--- a/smoketest.sh
+++ b/smoketest.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 set -x
 set -e
 
+if [ -z "${PULL_IMAGES}" ]; then
+    PULL_IMAGES="always"
+fi
+
 getPomProperty() {
     if command -v xpath > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
         xpath -q -e "project/properties/$1/text()" pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ runJfrDatasource() {
     fi
     podman run \
         --name jfr-datasource \
-        --pull always \
+        --pull "${PULL_IMAGES}" \
         --pod cryostat-pod \
         --rm -d "${DATASOURCE_IMAGE}"
 }
@@ -215,7 +219,7 @@ runGrafana() {
     port="$(getPomProperty cryostat.itest.jfr-datasource.port)"
     podman run \
         --name grafana \
-        --pull always \
+        --pull "${PULL_IMAGES}" \
         --pod cryostat-pod \
         --env GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=grafana-simple-json-datasource \
         --env GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED=true \
@@ -235,13 +239,13 @@ runReportGenerator() {
     port="$(getPomProperty cryostat.itest.reports.port)"
     podman run \
         --name reports \
-        --pull always \
+        --pull "${PULL_IMAGES}" \
         --pod cryostat-pod \
-        --label io.cryostat.connectUrl="service:jmx:remote+http://localhost:${RJMX_PORT}" \
+        --label io.cryostat.connectUrl="service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:${RJMX_PORT}/jmxrmi" \
         --cpus 1 \
         --memory 512M \
         --restart on-failure \
-        --env JAVA_OPTIONS="-XX:ActiveProcessorCount=1 -XX:+UseSerialGC -Dorg.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.parser.singlethreaded=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.autodiscovery=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=${RJMX_PORT} -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=${RJMX_PORT} -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false" \
+        --env JAVA_OPTS="-XX:ActiveProcessorCount=1 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.autodiscovery=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=${RJMX_PORT} -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=${RJMX_PORT} -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false" \
         --env QUARKUS_HTTP_PORT="${port}" \
         --rm -d "${REPORTS_IMAGE}"
 }