diff --git a/e2e/relayer/relayer.go b/e2e/relayer/relayer.go
index 306f6c0632d..dc663379d01 100644
--- a/e2e/relayer/relayer.go
+++ b/e2e/relayer/relayer.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const (
 	Rly    = "rly"
 	Hermes = "hermes"
 
-	HermesRelayerRepository = "colinaxner/hermes"
+	HermesRelayerRepository = "ghcr.io/informalsystems/hermes"
 	hermesRelayerUser       = "1000:1000"
 	RlyRelayerRepository    = "ghcr.io/cosmos/relayer"
 	rlyRelayerUser          = "100:1000" // docker run -it --rm --entrypoint echo ghcr.io/cosmos/relayer "$(id -u):$(id -g)"
diff --git a/e2e/sample.config.yaml b/e2e/sample.config.yaml
index b9d47095b7b..5392ad5664d 100644
--- a/e2e/sample.config.yaml
+++ b/e2e/sample.config.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ chains:
 
 relayer:
   type: hermes # override with RELAYER_TYPE
-  image: colinaxner/hermes # override with RELAYER_IMAGE
-  tag: "v1.6.0" # override with RELAYER_TAG
+  image: ghcr.io/informalsystems/hermes # override with RELAYER_IMAGE
+  tag: "bef2f53" # override with RELAYER_TAG
 
 cometbft:
   logLevel: info