diff --git a/charts/kubernetes-operator/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml b/charts/kubernetes-operator/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml
index 4e302da..dc54293 100644
--- a/charts/kubernetes-operator/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubernetes-operator/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       initContainers:
       - name: wait-network-ready
-        image: "bitnami/kubectl:latest"
+        image: {{ .Values.ingress.kubernetesAPI.customKubectlImage | default "registry.suse.com/suse/kubectl:latest"}}
         command:
         - bash
         - -c
diff --git a/charts/kubernetes-operator/templates/pre-delete.yaml b/charts/kubernetes-operator/templates/pre-delete.yaml
index 4a0d159..0121b19 100644
--- a/charts/kubernetes-operator/templates/pre-delete.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubernetes-operator/templates/pre-delete.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: pre-delete
-        image: "bitnami/kubectl:latest"
+        image: {{ .Values.ingress.kubernetesAPI.customKubectlImage | default "registry.suse.com/suse/kubectl:latest"}}
         args:
         - delete
         - --all
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: pre-delete
-        image: "bitnami/kubectl:latest"
+        image: {{ .Values.ingress.kubernetesAPI.customKubectlImage | default "registry.suse.com/suse/kubectl:latest"}}
         args:
         - delete
         - --all