diff --git a/mini-e2e-helm.groovy b/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
index f807eb8b0..a1483bcdd 100644
--- a/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
+++ b/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 			timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
 				ssh "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=${k8s_release}"
 			}
+
+			// vault:latest and nginx:latest are used by the e2e tests
+			podman_pull("vault:latest")
+			ssh "./podman2minikube.sh vault:latest"
+			podman_pull("nginx:latest")
+			ssh "./podman2minikube.sh nginx:latest"
 		}
 		stage('deploy ceph-csi through helm') {
 			timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
diff --git a/mini-e2e.groovy b/mini-e2e.groovy
index dc4c06e7e..55a3e2879 100644
--- a/mini-e2e.groovy
+++ b/mini-e2e.groovy
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 			timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
 				ssh "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=${k8s_release}"
 			}
+
+			// vault:latest and nginx:latest are used by the e2e tests
+			podman_pull("vault:latest")
+			ssh "./podman2minikube.sh vault:latest"
+			podman_pull("nginx:latest")
+			ssh "./podman2minikube.sh nginx:latest"
 		}
 		stage('run e2e') {
 			timeout(time: 120, unit: 'MINUTES') {
diff --git a/upgrade-tests.groovy b/upgrade-tests.groovy
index 400397dbb..b7250fe50 100644
--- a/upgrade-tests.groovy
+++ b/upgrade-tests.groovy
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 			timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
 				ssh "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=${k8s_release}"
 			}
+
+			// vault:latest and nginx:latest are used by the e2e tests
+			podman_pull("vault:latest")
+			ssh "./podman2minikube.sh vault:latest"
+			podman_pull("nginx:latest")
+			ssh "./podman2minikube.sh nginx:latest"
 		}
 		stage("run ${test_type} upgrade tests") {
 			timeout(time: 120, unit: 'MINUTES') {