diff --git a/tests/integration/ambient/pqc/main_test.go b/tests/integration/ambient/pqc/main_test.go
index f79e2c9915..2ad035bd3b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/ambient/pqc/main_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/ambient/pqc/main_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 		Setup(istio.Setup(&i, func(ctx resource.Context, cfg *istio.Config) {
 			ctx.Settings().Ambient = true
 			ctx.Settings().SkipVMs()
+			ctx.Settings().EchoImage = "quay.io/sail-dev/app:release-1.28"
 			if ctx.Settings().AmbientMultiNetwork {
 				cfg.DeployEastWestGW = true
 			} else {
diff --git a/tests/integration/security/pqc/main_test.go b/tests/integration/security/pqc/main_test.go
index bf6c20ceb7..781a3ce177 100644
--- a/tests/integration/security/pqc/main_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/security/pqc/main_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 		NewSuite(m).
 		Label(label.CustomSetup).
 		Setup(istio.Setup(&i, func(ctx resource.Context, cfg *istio.Config) {
+			ctx.Settings().EchoImage = "quay.io/sail-dev/app:release-1.28"
 			cfg.ControlPlaneValues = `
 values:
   pilot: