diff --git a/pkg/apis/k0s/v1beta1/images_test.go b/pkg/apis/k0s/v1beta1/images_test.go
index fcce80f5800c..3784bfe84608 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/k0s/v1beta1/images_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/k0s/v1beta1/images_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestImagesRepoOverrideInConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal(getConfigYAML(t, cfg), &testingConfig))
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/apiserver-network-proxy-agent:%s", constant.KonnectivityImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Konnectivity.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/metrics-server/metrics-server:%s", constant.MetricsImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.MetricsServer.URI())
-			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/kube-proxy:%s", constant.KubeProxyImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.KubeProxy.URI())
+			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/kube-proxy:%s", constant.KubeProxyImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.KubeProxy.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/coredns:%s", constant.CoreDNSImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.CoreDNS.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/calico-cni:%s", constant.CalicoComponentImagesVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Calico.CNI.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/calico-node:%s", constant.CalicoComponentImagesVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Calico.Node.URI())
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestImagesRepoOverrideInConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal(getConfigYAML(t, cfg), &testingConfig))
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/my-custom-image:%s", constant.KonnectivityImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Konnectivity.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/metrics-server/metrics-server:%s", constant.MetricsImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.MetricsServer.URI())
-			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/kube-proxy:%s", constant.KubeProxyImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.KubeProxy.URI())
+			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/kube-proxy:%s", constant.KubeProxyImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.KubeProxy.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/coredns:%s", constant.CoreDNSImageVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.CoreDNS.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/calico-cni:%s", constant.CalicoComponentImagesVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Calico.CNI.URI())
 			require.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("my.repo/k0sproject/calico-node:%s", constant.CalicoComponentImagesVersion), testingConfig.Spec.Images.Calico.Node.URI())
diff --git a/pkg/constant/constant.go b/pkg/constant/constant.go
index 86b4b6a7a436..ec5de6a63291 100644
--- a/pkg/constant/constant.go
+++ b/pkg/constant/constant.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ const (
 	MetricsImageVersion                = "v0.7.1"
 	KubePauseContainerImage            = "registry.k8s.io/pause"
 	KubePauseContainerImageVersion     = "3.9"
-	KubeProxyImage                     = "quay.io/k0sproject/kube-proxy"
+	KubeProxyImage                     = "registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy"
 	KubeProxyImageVersion              = "v1.30.0"
 	CoreDNSImage                       = "quay.io/k0sproject/coredns"
 	CoreDNSImageVersion                = "1.11.1"