diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py
index f2d25720fdc1..7ce52621cdee 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ def generate_misc():
                    runs_per_day=3,
                    extra_dashboards=['kops-misc']),
 
-        # [sig-storage, @jsafrane] A one-off scenario testing SELinux features, because kops
+        # [sig-storage, @jsafrane] Test SELinux features, because kops
         # is the only way how to get Kubernetes on a Linux with SELinux in enforcing mode in CI.
         # Test the latest kops and CI build of Kubernetes (=almost master).
         build_test(name_override="kops-aws-selinux",
@@ -868,7 +868,6 @@ def generate_misc():
                    k8s_version="ci",
                    kops_channel="alpha",
                    feature_flags=['SELinuxMount'],
-                   kubernetes_feature_gates="SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod,ReadWriteOncePod",
                    extra_flags=[
                        "--set=cluster.spec.containerd.selinuxEnabled=true",
                    ],
@@ -880,7 +879,9 @@ def generate_misc():
                    # - Driver: local: this is optimization only, the volume plugin does not
                    #   support SELinux and there are several subvariants of local volumes
                    #   that multiply nr. of tests.
-                   skip_regex=r"\[Feature:Volumes\]|\[Driver:.nfs\]|\[Driver:.local\]",
+                   # - FeatureGate:SELinuxMount: the feature gate is alpha / disabled by default
+                   #   in v1.30.
+                   skip_regex=r"\[Feature:Volumes\]|\[Driver:.nfs\]|\[Driver:.local\]|\FeatureGate:SELinuxMount\]", # pylint: disable=line-too-long
                    # [Serial] and [Disruptive] are intentionally not skipped, therefore run
                    # everything as serial.
                    test_parallelism=1,
@@ -888,6 +889,38 @@ def generate_misc():
                    test_timeout_minutes=120,
                    runs_per_day=3),
 
+        # [sig-storage, @jsafrane] A one-off scenario testing SELinuxMount feature (alpha in v1.30).
+        # This will need to merge with kops-aws-selinux when SELinuxMount gets enabled by default.
+        build_test(name_override="kops-aws-selinux-alpha",
+                   # RHEL8 VM image is enforcing SELinux by default.
+                   distro="rhel8",
+                   networking="cilium",
+                   k8s_version="ci",
+                   kops_channel="alpha",
+                   feature_flags=['SELinuxMount'],
+                   kubernetes_feature_gates="SELinuxMount",
+                   extra_flags=[
+                       "--set=cluster.spec.containerd.selinuxEnabled=true",
+                   ],
+                   focus_regex=r"\[Feature:SELinux\]",
+                   # Skip:
+                   # - Feature:Volumes: skips iSCSI and Ceph tests, they don't have client tools
+                   #   installed on nodes.
+                   # - Driver: nfs: NFS does not have client tools installed on nodes.
+                   # - Driver: local: this is optimization only, the volume plugin does not
+                   #   support SELinux and there are several subvariants of local volumes
+                   #   that multiply nr. of tests.
+                   # - Feature:SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePodOnly: these tests require SELinuxMount
+                   #   feature gate off.
+                   skip_regex=r"\[Feature:Volumes\]|\[Driver:.nfs\]|\[Driver:.local\]|\[Feature:SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePodOnly\]", # pylint: disable=line-too-long
+                   # [Serial] and [Disruptive] are intentionally not skipped, therefore run
+                   # everything as serial.
+                   test_parallelism=1,
+                   # Serial and Disruptive tests can be slow.
+                   test_timeout_minutes=120,
+                   runs_per_day=3),
+
+
         # test kube-up to kops jobs migration
         build_test(name_override="ci-kubernetes-e2e-cos-gce-canary",
                    cloud="gce",
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-conformance.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-conformance.yaml
index 71e263f7cd59..2c5dddd40c88 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-conformance.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-conformance.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.29/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.29.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=t4g.large --master-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=t4g.large --master-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.29/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.29.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=t4g.large --master-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=t4g.large --master-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=t4g.large --master-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=t4g.large --master-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-distros.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-distros.yaml
index 191887f4423d..56986e060c9f 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-distros.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-distros.yaml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-arm64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-arm64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-2.0.20240131.0-x86_64-gp2' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-2.0.20240223.0-x86_64-gp2' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-grid.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-grid.yaml
index 20b4fa55f68a..93c1b49b8200 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-grid.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-grid.yaml
@@ -2818,7 +2818,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2881,7 +2881,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2944,7 +2944,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3007,7 +3007,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3070,7 +3070,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3133,7 +3133,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3196,7 +3196,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3259,7 +3259,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3322,7 +3322,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3385,7 +3385,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3448,7 +3448,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3511,7 +3511,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3574,7 +3574,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3637,7 +3637,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3700,7 +3700,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3763,7 +3763,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3826,7 +3826,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3889,7 +3889,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3952,7 +3952,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -4015,7 +4015,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -4078,7 +4078,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -4141,7 +4141,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -6990,7 +6990,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7053,7 +7053,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7116,7 +7116,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7179,7 +7179,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7242,7 +7242,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7305,7 +7305,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7368,7 +7368,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7431,7 +7431,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7494,7 +7494,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7557,7 +7557,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7620,7 +7620,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7683,7 +7683,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7746,7 +7746,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7809,7 +7809,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7872,7 +7872,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7935,7 +7935,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -7998,7 +7998,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -8061,7 +8061,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -8124,7 +8124,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -8187,7 +8187,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -8250,7 +8250,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -8313,7 +8313,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11162,7 +11162,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11225,7 +11225,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11288,7 +11288,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11351,7 +11351,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11414,7 +11414,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11477,7 +11477,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11540,7 +11540,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11603,7 +11603,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11666,7 +11666,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11729,7 +11729,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11792,7 +11792,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11855,7 +11855,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11918,7 +11918,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -11981,7 +11981,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -12044,7 +12044,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -12107,7 +12107,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -12170,7 +12170,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -12233,7 +12233,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -12296,7 +12296,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -12359,7 +12359,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -12422,7 +12422,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -12485,7 +12485,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15334,7 +15334,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15397,7 +15397,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15460,7 +15460,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15523,7 +15523,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15586,7 +15586,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15649,7 +15649,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15712,7 +15712,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15775,7 +15775,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15838,7 +15838,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15901,7 +15901,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -15964,7 +15964,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16027,7 +16027,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16090,7 +16090,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16153,7 +16153,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16216,7 +16216,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16279,7 +16279,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16342,7 +16342,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16405,7 +16405,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16468,7 +16468,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16531,7 +16531,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16594,7 +16594,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -16657,7 +16657,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -18776,7 +18776,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -18840,7 +18840,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -18904,7 +18904,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -18968,7 +18968,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19032,7 +19032,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19096,7 +19096,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19160,7 +19160,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19224,7 +19224,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19288,7 +19288,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19352,7 +19352,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19416,7 +19416,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19480,7 +19480,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19544,7 +19544,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19608,7 +19608,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19672,7 +19672,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -19736,7 +19736,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22080,7 +22080,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22143,7 +22143,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22206,7 +22206,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22269,7 +22269,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22332,7 +22332,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22395,7 +22395,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22458,7 +22458,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22521,7 +22521,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22584,7 +22584,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22647,7 +22647,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22710,7 +22710,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22773,7 +22773,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22836,7 +22836,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22899,7 +22899,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -22962,7 +22962,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -23025,7 +23025,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -23088,7 +23088,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -23151,7 +23151,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25296,7 +25296,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25359,7 +25359,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25422,7 +25422,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25485,7 +25485,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25548,7 +25548,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25611,7 +25611,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25674,7 +25674,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25737,7 +25737,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25800,7 +25800,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25863,7 +25863,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25926,7 +25926,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -25989,7 +25989,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26052,7 +26052,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26115,7 +26115,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26178,7 +26178,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26241,7 +26241,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26304,7 +26304,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26367,7 +26367,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26430,7 +26430,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26493,7 +26493,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26556,7 +26556,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -26619,7 +26619,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-misc2.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-misc2.yaml
index 0c4274f9b2d8..2e2da270d934 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-misc2.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-misc2.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Test jobs generated by build_jobs.py (do not manually edit)
-# 50 jobs, total of 1554 runs per week
+# 51 jobs, total of 1575 runs per week
 periodics:
 
 # {"cloud": "aws", "distro": "u2204", "extra_flags": "--discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "k8s_version": "1.28", "kops_channel": "alpha", "kops_version": "latest", "networking": "cilium"}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --ipv6 --topology=private --dns=public --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --ipv6 --topology=private --dns=public --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --topology=private --dns=public --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --topology=private --dns=public --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --api-loadbalancer-type=public" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --api-loadbalancer-type=public" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --api-loadbalancer-type=public --set=cluster.spec.cloudProvider.aws.warmPool.minSize=1 --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --api-loadbalancer-type=public --set=cluster.spec.cloudProvider.aws.warmPool.minSize=1 --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --topology=private --bastion --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --topology=private --bastion --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=us-west-1a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=us-west-1a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --terraform-version=1.5.5 \
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --zones=us-west-1a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --zones=us-west-1a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --terraform-version=1.5.5 \
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --master-count=3 --zones=eu-west-1a,eu-west-1b,eu-west-1c --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --master-count=3 --zones=eu-west-1a,eu-west-1b,eu-west-1c --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --node-size=c5.large --master-size=c5.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --node-size=c5.large --master-size=c5.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci.txt \
           --publish-version-marker=gs://kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.externalDNS.provider=external-dns --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.externalDNS.provider=external-dns --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --bastion --set=cluster.spec.externalDNS.provider=external-dns --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --bastion --set=cluster.spec.externalDNS.provider=external-dns --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --env=KOPS_FEATURE_FLAGS=APIServerNodes \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --instance-manager=karpenter --master-size=c6g.xlarge --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --instance-manager=karpenter --master-size=c6g.xlarge --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --instance-manager=karpenter --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --master-size=c6g.xlarge --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --instance-manager=karpenter --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --master-size=c6g.xlarge --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2111,7 +2111,6 @@ periodics:
           --cloud-provider=aws \
           --create-args="--image='309956199498/RHEL-8.9.0_HVM-20240213-x86_64-3-Hourly2-GP3' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.containerd.selinuxEnabled=true --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --env=KOPS_FEATURE_FLAGS=SELinuxMount \
-          --kubernetes-feature-gates=SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod,ReadWriteOncePod \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2121,7 +2120,7 @@ periodics:
           --test-package-dir=ci \
           --test-package-marker=latest.txt \
           --focus-regex="\[Feature:SELinux\]" \
-          --skip-regex="\[Feature:Volumes\]|\[Driver:.nfs\]|\[Driver:.local\]" \
+          --skip-regex="\[Feature:Volumes\]|\[Driver:.nfs\]|\[Driver:.local\]|\FeatureGate:SELinuxMount\]" \
           --parallel=1
       env:
       - name: KUBE_SSH_KEY_PATH
@@ -2150,6 +2149,77 @@ periodics:
     testgrid-days-of-results: '90'
     testgrid-tab-name: kops-aws-selinux
 
+# {"cloud": "aws", "distro": "rhel8", "extra_flags": "--set=cluster.spec.containerd.selinuxEnabled=true --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "feature_flags": "SELinuxMount", "k8s_version": "ci", "kops_channel": "alpha", "kops_version": "latest", "networking": "cilium"}
+- name: e2e-kops-aws-selinux-alpha
+  cron: '8 0-23/8 * * *'
+  labels:
+    preset-service-account: "true"
+    preset-aws-ssh: "true"
+    preset-aws-credential: "true"
+  cluster: default
+  decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    timeout: 150m
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kops
+    base_ref: master
+    workdir: true
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kops
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - command:
+      - runner.sh
+      args:
+      - bash
+      - -c
+      - |
+        make test-e2e-install
+        kubetest2 kops \
+          -v 2 \
+          --up --down \
+          --cloud-provider=aws \
+          --create-args="--image='309956199498/RHEL-8.9.0_HVM-20240213-x86_64-3-Hourly2-GP3' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.containerd.selinuxEnabled=true --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --env=KOPS_FEATURE_FLAGS=SELinuxMount \
+          --kubernetes-feature-gates=SELinuxMount \
+          --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
+          --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
+          --test=kops \
+          -- \
+          --test-args="-test.timeout=120m" \
+          --test-package-url=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev \
+          --test-package-dir=ci \
+          --test-package-marker=latest.txt \
+          --focus-regex="\[Feature:SELinux\]" \
+          --skip-regex="\[Feature:Volumes\]|\[Driver:.nfs\]|\[Driver:.local\]|\[Feature:SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePodOnly\]" \
+          --parallel=1
+      env:
+      - name: KUBE_SSH_KEY_PATH
+        value: /etc/aws-ssh/aws-ssh-private
+      - name: KUBE_SSH_USER
+        value: ec2-user
+      image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20240223-1ded72f317-master
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpu: "4"
+          memory: 6Gi
+        requests:
+          cpu: "4"
+          memory: 6Gi
+  annotations:
+    test.kops.k8s.io/cloud: aws
+    test.kops.k8s.io/distro: rhel8
+    test.kops.k8s.io/extra_flags: --set=cluster.spec.containerd.selinuxEnabled=true --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery
+    test.kops.k8s.io/feature_flags: SELinuxMount
+    test.kops.k8s.io/k8s_version: ci
+    test.kops.k8s.io/kops_channel: alpha
+    test.kops.k8s.io/kops_version: latest
+    test.kops.k8s.io/networking: cilium
+    testgrid-dashboards: google-aws, kops-distro-rhel8, kops-k8s-ci, kops-latest, sig-cluster-lifecycle-kops
+    testgrid-days-of-results: '90'
+    testgrid-tab-name: kops-aws-selinux-alpha
+
 # {"cloud": "gce", "distro": "cos105", "extra_flags": "--image=cos-cloud/cos-105-17412-156-49 --set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --gce-service-account=default", "k8s_version": "ci", "kops_channel": "alpha", "kops_version": "latest", "networking": "kubenet"}
 - name: e2e-ci-kubernetes-e2e-cos-gce-canary
   cron: '16 1-23/3 * * *'
@@ -2314,7 +2384,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-common --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-common --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-network-plugins.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-network-plugins.yaml
index 465a15f37169..7ba4e03ec00d 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-network-plugins.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-network-plugins.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=canal --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=canal --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kopeio --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kube-router --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kube-router --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-pipeline.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-pipeline.yaml
index bbf98c40b65f..1b7d1f91af0d 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-pipeline.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci.txt \
           --publish-version-marker=gs://kops-ci/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/latest.txt \
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci.txt \
           --publish-version-marker=gs://kops-ci/markers/release-1.28/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci.txt \
           --publish-version-marker=gs://kops-ci/markers/release-1.27/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-versions.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-versions.yaml
index 4441f3c08822..09d75c34a1ad 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-versions.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-versions.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --publish-version-marker=gs://kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.29.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.28.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.26.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.25.txt \
           --test=kops \
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-distros.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-distros.yaml
index d758f4f7e261..43d3bf2bb349 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-distros.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-distros.yaml
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-arm64-server-20240215' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-arm64-server-20240229' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='137112412989/amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-2.0.20240131.0-x86_64-gp2' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='137112412989/amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-2.0.20240223.0-x86_64-gp2' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-e2e.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-e2e.yaml
index b856564a9d1e..a094bfc0b95f 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-e2e.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-e2e.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --master-count=3 --node-count=6 --zones=eu-central-1a,eu-central-1b,eu-central-1c --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --master-count=3 --node-count=6 --zones=eu-central-1a,eu-central-1b,eu-central-1c --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.cloudControllerManager.cloudProvider=aws --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.cloudControllerManager.cloudProvider=aws --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --set=cluster.spec.externalDNS.provider=external-dns --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --set=cluster.spec.externalDNS.provider=external-dns --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --ipv6 --bastion --set=cluster.spec.externalDNS.provider=external-dns --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --ipv6 --bastion --set=cluster.spec.externalDNS.provider=external-dns --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.kubeDNS.nodeLocalDNS.enabled=true --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.kubeDNS.nodeLocalDNS.enabled=true --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --env=KOPS_FEATURE_FLAGS=APIServerNodes \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --zones=eu-central-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --dns=none --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --dns=none --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --api-loadbalancer-type=public --api-loadbalancer-class=network --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --api-loadbalancer-type=public --api-loadbalancer-class=network --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --terraform-version=1.5.5 \
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --bastion --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --bastion --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --terraform-version=1.5.5 \
@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --instance-manager=karpenter --master-size=c6g.xlarge --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --instance-manager=karpenter --master-size=c6g.xlarge --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --instance-manager=karpenter --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --master-size=c6g.xlarge --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --instance-manager=karpenter --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --master-size=c6g.xlarge --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --boskos-resource-type=aws-account \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-network-plugins.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-network-plugins.yaml
index 19cea2c17eaa..1b04744c6fca 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-network-plugins.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-network-plugins.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=calico --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=canal --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=canal --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --ipv6 --topology=private --bastion --zones=us-west-2a --dns=public --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-etcd --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium-eni --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=flannel --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable-1.27.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240220' --channel=alpha --networking=kube-router --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64-server-20240301' --channel=alpha --networking=kube-router --node-size=t4g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \