diff --git a/build/run-in-docker.sh b/build/run-in-docker.sh
index 47b49183e..763e55e7c 100755
--- a/build/run-in-docker.sh
+++ b/build/run-in-docker.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function cleanup {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-E2E_IMAGE=${E2E_IMAGE:-registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v20250112-01b7af21@sha256:f77bb4625985462fe1a2bc846c430d668113abc90e5e5de6b4533403f56a048c}
+E2E_IMAGE=${E2E_IMAGE:-registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v1.3.1@sha256:e5342d52e2eb6459483b9538b3456d67b3b15e4c55eb9f67993b55ed2ed61901}
 
 if [[ "$RUNTIME" == podman ]]; then
   # Podman does not support both tag and digest
diff --git a/test/e2e-image/Makefile b/test/e2e-image/Makefile
index 023fe68d3..1b5767ac3 100644
--- a/test/e2e-image/Makefile
+++ b/test/e2e-image/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 DIR:=$(shell dirname $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-E2E_BASE_IMAGE ?= "registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v20250112-01b7af21@sha256:f77bb4625985462fe1a2bc846c430d668113abc90e5e5de6b4533403f56a048c"
+E2E_BASE_IMAGE ?= "registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v1.3.1@sha256:e5342d52e2eb6459483b9538b3456d67b3b15e4c55eb9f67993b55ed2ed61901"
 
 image:
 	echo "..entered Makefile in /test/e2e-image"
diff --git a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
index 719d098a0..585a2b69d 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
@@ -114,5 +114,5 @@ docker run \
   --workdir /workdir \
   --entrypoint ct \
   --rm \
-  registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v20250112-01b7af21@sha256:f77bb4625985462fe1a2bc846c430d668113abc90e5e5de6b4533403f56a048c \
+  registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v1.3.1@sha256:e5342d52e2eb6459483b9538b3456d67b3b15e4c55eb9f67993b55ed2ed61901 \
     install --charts charts/ingress-nginx