diff --git a/tools/release/do_release.sh b/tools/release/do_release.sh
index 53d6b64b..e8b5181a 100755
--- a/tools/release/do_release.sh
+++ b/tools/release/do_release.sh
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ function updateVitessImages() {
   old_vitess_version=$1
   new_vitess_version=$2
 
-  operator_files=$(find -E $ROOT/test/endtoend/operator/* -name "*.yaml" | grep -v "101_initial_cluster.yaml" | grep -v "101_initial_cluster_backup.yaml")
-  sed -i.bak -E "s/vitess\/lite:(.*)/vitess\/lite:v$new_vitess_version/g" $operator_files
-  sed -i.bak -E "s/vitess\/vtadmin:(.*)/vitess\/vtadmin:v$new_vitess_version/g" $operator_files
-  sed -i.bak -E "s/vitess\/lite:(.*)/vitess\/lite:v$new_vitess_version\"/g" $ROOT/pkg/apis/planetscale/v2/defaults.go
-  sed -i.bak -E "s/vitess\/lite:(.*)/vitess\/lite:v$old_vitess_version/g" $ROOT/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster.yaml
-  sed -i.bak -E "s/vitess\/lite:(.*)/vitess\/lite:v$new_vitess_version/g" $ROOT/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster_backup.yaml
+  operator_files=$(find -E $ROOT/test/endtoend/operator/* -name "*.yaml" | grep -v "101_initial_cluster.yaml")
+  sed -i.bak -E "s/vitess\/lite:([^-]*)(-rc[0-9]*)?(-mysql.*)?/vitess\/lite:v$new_vitess_version\3/g" $operator_files
+  sed -i.bak -E "s/vitess\/vtadmin:([^-]*)(-rc[0-9]*)?(-mysql.*)?/vitess\/vtadmin:v$new_vitess_version\3/g" $operator_files
+  sed -i.bak -E "s/vitess\/lite:([^-]*)(-rc[0-9]*)?(-mysql.*)?/vitess\/lite:v$new_vitess_version\3\"/g" $ROOT/pkg/apis/planetscale/v2/defaults.go
+  sed -i.bak -E "s/vitess\/lite:([^-]*)(-rc[0-9]*)?(-mysql.*)?/vitess\/lite:v$old_vitess_version\3/g" $ROOT/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster.yaml
 
   rm -f $(find -E $ROOT/test/endtoend/operator/ -name "*.yaml.bak") $ROOT/pkg/apis/planetscale/v2/defaults.go.bak
 }