diff --git a/tests/kola/chrony/dhcp-propagation b/tests/kola/chrony/dhcp-propagation
index 028de9b25a..5b5a3f28c3 100755
--- a/tests/kola/chrony/dhcp-propagation
+++ b/tests/kola/chrony/dhcp-propagation
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ test_setup() {
     pushd $(mktemp -d)
     NTPHOSTIP=$(getent hosts time-c-g.nist.gov | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
     cat <<EOF >Dockerfile
-FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:32
+FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:33
 RUN dnf -y install systemd dnsmasq iproute iputils \
 && dnf clean all \
 && systemctl enable dnsmasq
diff --git a/tests/kola/podman/rootless-systemd b/tests/kola/podman/rootless-systemd
index ba66ab9adb..13874a5e76 100755
--- a/tests/kola/podman/rootless-systemd
+++ b/tests/kola/podman/rootless-systemd
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 #       https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/issues/1645
 cd $(mktemp -d)
 cat <<EOF > Containerfile
-FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:32
+FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:33
 RUN dnf -y install systemd httpd \
 && dnf clean all \
 && systemctl enable httpd