diff --git a/build/Dockerfile.release b/build/Dockerfile.release
index f81e8554..77187f1d 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile.release
+++ b/build/Dockerfile.release
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ FROM golang:1.20.2 AS build
 ENV GO111MODULE=on
 WORKDIR /go/src/planetscale.dev/vitess-operator
 COPY . /go/src/planetscale.dev/vitess-operator
-RUN go install /go/src/planetscale.dev/vitess-operator/cmd/manager
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go install /go/src/planetscale.dev/vitess-operator/cmd/manager
 
 # The rest is meant to mimic the output from operator-sdk's Dockerfile.
 # We just copy the binary we built inside Docker instead of from outside.
diff --git a/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster_backup.yaml b/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster_backup.yaml
index dc0b52a0..933872d1 100644
--- a/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster_backup.yaml
+++ b/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster_backup.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ spec:
           path: /backup
           type: Directory
   images:
-    vtctld: vitess/lite:v17.0.2-mysql57
-    vtgate: vitess/lite:v17.0.2-mysql57
-    vttablet: vitess/lite:v17.0.2-mysql57
-    vtorc: vitess/lite:v17.0.2-mysql57
-    vtbackup: vitess/lite:v17.0.2-mysql57
+    vtctld: vitess/lite:v17.0.2
+    vtgate: vitess/lite:v17.0.2
+    vttablet: vitess/lite:v17.0.2
+    vtorc: vitess/lite:v17.0.2
+    vtbackup: vitess/lite:v17.0.2
     mysqld:
-      mysql56Compatible: vitess/lite:v17.0.2-mysql57
+      mysql56Compatible: vitess/lite:v17.0.2
     mysqldExporter: prom/mysqld-exporter:v0.11.0
   cells:
   - name: zone1
@@ -213,4 +213,4 @@ stringData:
     RESET MASTER;
 
     # We need to set super_read_only back to what it was before
-    SET GLOBAL super_read_only=IFNULL(@original_super_read_only, 'ON');
\ No newline at end of file
+    SET GLOBAL super_read_only=IFNULL(@original_super_read_only, 'ON');