diff --git a/spec/acceptance/nodesets/ubuntu-18.04.yml b/spec/acceptance/nodesets/ubuntu-18.04.yml
index 093c7872..f6c4e402 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/nodesets/ubuntu-18.04.yml
+++ b/spec/acceptance/nodesets/ubuntu-18.04.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ HOSTS:
   ubuntu-1804-x64:
     platform: ubuntu-18.04-amd64
     hypervisor: docker
-    image: ubuntu:18.04
+    image: ubuntu:bionic-20220531
     docker_preserve_image: true
     docker_cmd: '["/sbin/init"]'
     docker_image_commands:
       # ensure that upstart is booting correctly in the container
-      - 'apt-get update && apt-get install -y distro-info-data locales lsb-release && locale-gen en_US.UTF-8'
+      - 'apt-get update && apt-get install -y init distro-info-data locales lsb-release && locale-gen en_US.UTF-8'
       # for local development
       - 'echo "MaxAuthTries 100" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config'
     # exportfs does not work on overlayfs - mounting local filesystem