diff --git a/scripts/test-helpers b/scripts/test-helpers
index 8d27cb727af..c001590a10d 100755
--- a/scripts/test-helpers
+++ b/scripts/test-helpers
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ provision-registry-proxy() {
     set -e -o pipefail
     local image="docker.io/library/registry:2.8.1"
     local prefix="docker-registry-"
-    local registries="docker.io:registry-1.docker.io k8s.gcr.io gcr.io quay.io ghcr.io"
+    local registries="docker.io:registry-1.docker.io registry.k8s.io gcr.io quay.io ghcr.io"
     local registries_yaml="$TEST_DIR/registries.yaml"
 
     echo "mirrors:" > $registries_yaml
diff --git a/tests/perf/tests/density/deployment.yaml b/tests/perf/tests/density/deployment.yaml
index 1903dbaf894..bb47b41fc40 100644
--- a/tests/perf/tests/density/deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/perf/tests/density/deployment.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
         group: {{.Group}}
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.1
+      - image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: {{.Name}}
         ports:
diff --git a/tests/perf/tests/load/config.yaml b/tests/perf/tests/load/config.yaml
index a70765330a7..89d4635d176 100644
--- a/tests/perf/tests/load/config.yaml
+++ b/tests/perf/tests/load/config.yaml
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ steps:
     - basename: daemonset
       objectTemplatePath: daemonset.yaml
       templateFillMap:
-        Image: k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.0
+        Image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.0
   {{end}}
   - namespaceRange:
       min: 1
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ steps:
       - basename: daemonset
         objectTemplatePath: daemonset.yaml
         templateFillMap:
-          Image: k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.1
+          Image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.1
   {{end}}
   {{if $ENABLE_JOBS}}
   - namespaceRange:
diff --git a/tests/perf/tests/load/daemonset.yaml b/tests/perf/tests/load/daemonset.yaml
index 68acfefaece..6a3582ded9e 100644
--- a/tests/perf/tests/load/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/tests/perf/tests/load/daemonset.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{$Image := DefaultParam .Image "k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.1"}}
+{{$Image := DefaultParam .Image "registry.k8s.io/pause:3.1"}}
 
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: DaemonSet
diff --git a/tests/perf/tests/load/deployment.yaml b/tests/perf/tests/load/deployment.yaml
index 8a2f3a798b8..233ab6b615f 100644
--- a/tests/perf/tests/load/deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/perf/tests/load/deployment.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
         svc: {{.SvcName}}-{{.Index}}
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.1
+      - image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.1
         name: {{.Name}}
         resources:
           requests:
diff --git a/tests/perf/tests/load/job.yaml b/tests/perf/tests/load/job.yaml
index f28e1b3ee22..15957d5a3f2 100644
--- a/tests/perf/tests/load/job.yaml
+++ b/tests/perf/tests/load/job.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: {{.Name}}
         # TODO(#799): We should test the "run-to-completion" workflow and hence don't use pause pods.
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.1
+        image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.1
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 10m
diff --git a/tests/perf/tests/load/statefulset.yaml b/tests/perf/tests/load/statefulset.yaml
index 43157b7928d..42924eb5eb4 100644
--- a/tests/perf/tests/load/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/tests/perf/tests/load/statefulset.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: {{.Name}}
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.1
+        image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.1
         ports:
           - containerPort: 80
             name: web