diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a260c05d5..8a449ede8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ endif
 
 REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/k8s-staging-ingress-nginx
 
-BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210324-g8baef769d@sha256:fcfa3e9d1f8ec3141efedbf77cf659640f452a9c22165c78006ea462b84d06f6
+BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210530-g6aab4c291@sha256:a7356029dd0c26cc3466bf7a27daec0f4df73aa14ca6c8b871a767022a812c0b
 
 GOARCH=$(ARCH)
 
diff --git a/images/nginx/rc.yaml b/images/nginx/rc.yaml
index c9fb2f81a..8a6bec91c 100644
--- a/images/nginx/rc.yaml
+++ b/images/nginx/rc.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: nginx
-          image: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210324-g8baef769d@sha256:fcfa3e9d1f8ec3141efedbf77cf659640f452a9c22165c78006ea462b84d06f6
+          image: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210530-g6aab4c291@sha256:a7356029dd0c26cc3466bf7a27daec0f4df73aa14ca6c8b871a767022a812c0b
           ports:
             - containerPort: 80
             - containerPort: 443
diff --git a/images/test-runner/Makefile b/images/test-runner/Makefile
index cb0a82b6b..752596c2d 100644
--- a/images/test-runner/Makefile
+++ b/images/test-runner/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ REGISTRY ?= local
 
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/e2e-test-runner
 
+NGINX_BASE_IMAGE ?= k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210530-g6aab4c291@sha256:a7356029dd0c26cc3466bf7a27daec0f4df73aa14ca6c8b871a767022a812c0b
+
 # required to enable buildx
 export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ build: ensure-buildx
 		--platform=${PLATFORMS} $(OUTPUT) \
 		--progress=$(PROGRESS) \
 		--pull \
-		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210324-g8baef769d@sha256:fcfa3e9d1f8ec3141efedbf77cf659640f452a9c22165c78006ea462b84d06f6 \
+		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=$(NGINX_BASE_IMAGE) \
 		--build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=1.15.6 \
 		--build-arg ETCD_VERSION=3.4.3-0 \
 		--build-arg K8S_RELEASE=v1.19.4 \
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
index 726897dc9..8725e9950 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ const SlowEchoService = "slow-echo"
 // HTTPBinService name of the deployment for the httpbin app
 const HTTPBinService = "httpbin"
 
+// NginxBaseImage use for testing
+const NginxBaseImage = "k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210530-g6aab4c291@sha256:a7356029dd0c26cc3466bf7a27daec0f4df73aa14ca6c8b871a767022a812c0b"
+
 // NewEchoDeployment creates a new single replica deployment of the echoserver image in a particular namespace
 func (f *Framework) NewEchoDeployment() {
 	f.NewEchoDeploymentWithReplicas(1)
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ func (f *Framework) NGINXWithConfigDeployment(name string, cfg string) {
 	}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	assert.Nil(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), err, "creating configmap")
 
-	deployment := newDeployment(name, f.Namespace, "k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210324-g8baef769d@sha256:fcfa3e9d1f8ec3141efedbf77cf659640f452a9c22165c78006ea462b84d06f6", 80, 1,
+	deployment := newDeployment(name, f.Namespace, NginxBaseImage, 80, 1,
 		nil,
 		[]corev1.VolumeMount{
 			{