diff --git a/smoketest/compose/cryostat.yml b/smoketest/compose/cryostat.yml
index 5ad43abdf..f7c3c285f 100644
--- a/smoketest/compose/cryostat.yml
+++ b/smoketest/compose/cryostat.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
         limits:
           cpus: '0.5'
           memory: 512m
-    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat3:dev
+    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat:3.0.0-snapshot
     volumes:
       - ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/podman/podman.sock:/run/user/0/podman/podman.sock:Z
     security_opt:
diff --git a/smoketest/compose/cryostat_docker.yml b/smoketest/compose/cryostat_docker.yml
index 99692e079..9a35f25b3 100644
--- a/smoketest/compose/cryostat_docker.yml
+++ b/smoketest/compose/cryostat_docker.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
         limits:
           cpus: '0.5'
           memory: 512m
-    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat3:dev
+    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat:3.0.0-snapshot
     volumes:
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:Z
     security_opt:
diff --git a/smoketest/compose/cryostat_k8s.yml b/smoketest/compose/cryostat_k8s.yml
index 7add73323..4da589f30 100644
--- a/smoketest/compose/cryostat_k8s.yml
+++ b/smoketest/compose/cryostat_k8s.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
       s3:
         condition: service_healthy
-    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat3:dev
+    image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat:3.0.0-snapshot
     hostname: cryostat3
     user: "0"
     expose:
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ services:
       interval: 10s
       retries: 3
       start_period: 10s
-      timeout: 5s
\ No newline at end of file
+      timeout: 5s
diff --git a/smoketest/k8s/cryostat-deployment.yaml b/smoketest/k8s/cryostat-deployment.yaml
index 2db623091..44e4670e2 100644
--- a/smoketest/k8s/cryostat-deployment.yaml
+++ b/smoketest/k8s/cryostat-deployment.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ spec:
               value: "true"
             - name: STORAGE_BUCKETS_ARCHIVES_NAME
               value: archivedrecordings
-          image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat3:dev
+          image: quay.io/cryostat/cryostat:3.0.0-snapshot
           livenessProbe:
             exec:
               command:
diff --git a/smoketest/k8s/smoketest.bash b/smoketest/k8s/smoketest.bash
index 641a3a478..66e3929da 100755
--- a/smoketest/k8s/smoketest.bash
+++ b/smoketest/k8s/smoketest.bash
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ while [ "$#" -ne 0 ]; do
         kind)
             cleanKind
             kind create cluster
-            kind load docker-image "quay.io/${IMAGE_REPOSITORY}/cryostat3:dev"
             ;;
         unkind)
             cleanKind
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ while [ "$#" -ne 0 ]; do
                 --for condition=available \
                 --timeout=5m \
                 deployment db
-            kubectl patch -p "{\"spec\":{\"template\":{\"spec\":{\"\$setElementOrder/containers\":[{\"name\":\"cryostat\"}],\"containers\":[{\"image\":\"quay.io/$IMAGE_REPOSITORY/cryostat3:dev\",\"name\":\"cryostat\"}]}}}}" deployment/cryostat
+            kubectl patch -p "{\"spec\":{\"template\":{\"spec\":{\"\$setElementOrder/containers\":[{\"name\":\"cryostat\"}],\"containers\":[{\"image\":\"quay.io/$IMAGE_REPOSITORY/cryostat:3.0.0-snapshot\",\"name\":\"cryostat\"}]}}}}" deployment/cryostat
             kubectl wait \
                 --for condition=available \
                 --timeout=5m \