diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0e078423d..334c5bdae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ GOBUILD_FLAGS := -v
 
 ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm arm64
 
-QEMUVERSION = v4.1.0-1
+QEMUVERSION = v4.1.1-1
 
 BUSTED_ARGS =-v --pattern=_test
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export E2E_CHECK_LEAKS
 export SLOW_E2E_THRESHOLD
 
 # Set default base image dynamically for each arch
-BASEIMAGE?=quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-$(ARCH):daf8634acf839708722cffc67a62e9316a2771c6
+BASEIMAGE?=quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-$(ARCH):23612cfde79b6ae7af4d30c3a7aaac0dcb5e6a27
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH),arm)
 	QEMUARCH=arm
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/util.go b/internal/ingress/controller/util.go
index b19145c4b..56273f639 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/util.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/util.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func rlimitMaxNumFiles() int {
 }
 
 const (
-	defBinary = "/usr/local/openresty/nginx/sbin/nginx"
+	defBinary = "/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx"
 	cfgPath   = "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"
 )
 
diff --git a/rootfs/Dockerfile b/rootfs/Dockerfile
index d93701db7..27b8fa224 100644
--- a/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ RUN clean-install \
 
 COPY --chown=www-data:www-data . /
 
-RUN cp /usr/local/openresty/nginx/conf/mime.types /etc/nginx/mime.types \
- && cp /usr/local/openresty/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params
-RUN ln -s /usr/local/openresty/nginx/modules /etc/nginx/modules
-
 # Fix permission during the build to avoid issues at runtime
 # with volumes (custom templates)
 RUN bash -eu -c ' \
@@ -53,15 +49,14 @@ RUN bash -eu -c ' \
 RUN  setcap    cap_net_bind_service=+ep /nginx-ingress-controller \
   && setcap -v cap_net_bind_service=+ep /nginx-ingress-controller
 
-RUN  setcap    cap_net_bind_service=+ep /usr/local/openresty/nginx/sbin/nginx \
-  && setcap -v cap_net_bind_service=+ep /usr/local/openresty/nginx/sbin/nginx
+RUN  setcap    cap_net_bind_service=+ep /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx \
+  && setcap -v cap_net_bind_service=+ep /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx
 
 USER www-data
 
 # Create symlinks to redirect nginx logs to stdout and stderr docker log collector
-RUN  ln -sf /dev/stdout /usr/local/openresty/nginx/logs/access.log \
-  && ln -sf /dev/stderr /usr/local/openresty/nginx/logs/error.log \
-  && ln -s /usr/local/openresty/nginx/logs/* /var/log/nginx
+RUN  ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log \
+  && ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/dumb-init", "--"]
 
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index c6ae5a373..5ee179516 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -600,8 +600,7 @@ http {
 }
 
 stream {
-    lua_package_cpath "/usr/local/lib/lua/?.so;/usr/lib/lua-platform-path/lua/5.1/?.so;;";
-    lua_package_path "/etc/nginx/lua/?.lua;/etc/nginx/lua/vendor/?.lua;/usr/local/lib/lua/?.lua;;";
+    lua_package_path "/etc/nginx/lua/?.lua;/etc/nginx/lua/vendor/?.lua;;";
 
     lua_shared_dict tcp_udp_configuration_data 5M;
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/redirect.go b/test/e2e/annotations/redirect.go
index c064d8304..152e4b9bb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/annotations/redirect.go
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/redirect.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Redirect", func() {
 		Expect(errs).To(BeNil())
 		Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(BeNumerically("==", http.StatusMovedPermanently))
 		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Location")).Should(Equal(redirectURL))
-		Expect(body).Should(ContainSubstring("openresty/"))
+		Expect(body).Should(ContainSubstring("nginx/"))
 	})
 
 	It("should respond with a custom redirect code", func() {
@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Redirect", func() {
 		Expect(errs).To(BeNil())
 		Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(BeNumerically("==", redirectCode))
 		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Location")).Should(Equal(redirectURL))
-		Expect(body).Should(ContainSubstring("openresty/"))
+		Expect(body).Should(ContainSubstring("nginx/"))
 	})
 })