diff --git a/e2e/Dockerfile b/e2e/Dockerfile
index 24326b9180..66a4c17923 100644
--- a/e2e/Dockerfile
+++ b/e2e/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ARG SLES="registry.suse.com/suse/sle15:15.3"
 FROM ${SLES} AS k3s
 ARG ARCH
-ARG K3S_VERSION="v1.23.13+k3s1"
+ARG K3S_VERSION="v1.26.4+k3s1"
 ARG CNI_VERSION="v1.1.1" 
 RUN set -x \
  && zypper -n in \
diff --git a/e2e/run-e2e-tests.sh b/e2e/run-e2e-tests.sh
index 5026523645..994da5e4be 100644
--- a/e2e/run-e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/e2e/run-e2e-tests.sh
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ fi
 teardown() {
     docker compose down   \
         --remove-orphans \
-        --rmi local \
+        --rmi all \
         --volumes
 }