diff --git a/build/run-in-docker.sh b/build/run-in-docker.sh
index e191eda658..bef0edbdb0 100755
--- a/build/run-in-docker.sh
+++ b/build/run-in-docker.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function cleanup {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-E2E_IMAGE=${E2E_IMAGE:-registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v20241224-68ed4e7b@sha256:871642296ebc0dd386f9a43b0cf2606028d757d6c4a2737d41180f02f8172823}
+E2E_IMAGE=${E2E_IMAGE:-registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v20250112-a188f4eb@sha256:043038b1e30e5a0b64f3f919f096c5c9488ac3f617ac094b07fb9db8215f9441}
 
 if [[ "$RUNTIME" == podman ]]; then
   # Podman does not support both tag and digest
diff --git a/test/e2e-image/Makefile b/test/e2e-image/Makefile
index 7d553c04ec..f72651f482 100644
--- a/test/e2e-image/Makefile
+++ b/test/e2e-image/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 DIR:=$(shell dirname $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-E2E_BASE_IMAGE ?= "registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v20241224-68ed4e7b@sha256:871642296ebc0dd386f9a43b0cf2606028d757d6c4a2737d41180f02f8172823"
+E2E_BASE_IMAGE ?= "registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v20250112-a188f4eb@sha256:043038b1e30e5a0b64f3f919f096c5c9488ac3f617ac094b07fb9db8215f9441"
 
 image:
 	echo "..entered Makefile in /test/e2e-image"
diff --git a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
index c8b079f847..68845f07e4 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
@@ -114,5 +114,5 @@ docker run \
   --workdir /workdir \
   --entrypoint ct \
   --rm \
-  registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v20241224-68ed4e7b@sha256:871642296ebc0dd386f9a43b0cf2606028d757d6c4a2737d41180f02f8172823 \
+  registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/e2e-test-runner:v20250112-a188f4eb@sha256:043038b1e30e5a0b64f3f919f096c5c9488ac3f617ac094b07fb9db8215f9441 \
     install --charts charts/ingress-nginx