diff --git a/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/deployer.sh b/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/deployer.sh
index 1bc000ac89..e5da4b154e 100644
--- a/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/deployer.sh
+++ b/bin/ssa-end-to-end-testing/k8s-deployer/k8s/deployer.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-qbec --yes apply $SCSENV --vm:ext-str SRCBRANCH --vm:ext-str CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA -c service-account -c smoketest --wait-timeout "1m"
+qbec --yes apply $SCSENV --vm:ext-str SRCBRANCH --vm:ext-str CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA --vm:ext-str SMOKETEST_RUNNER_IMAGE -c service-account -c smoketest --wait-timeout "1m"