diff --git a/pkg/apis/planetscale/v2/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/planetscale/v2/defaults.go
index 6903b7d7..85b911ab 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/planetscale/v2/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/planetscale/v2/defaults.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultMysqlPortName = "mysql"
 
 	defaultVitessLiteImage = "vitess/lite:latest"
+	defaultMySQLImage      = "mysql:8.0.30"
 
 	DefaultInitCPURequestMillis   = 100
 	DefaultInitMemoryRequestBytes = 32 * (1 << 20) // 32 MiB
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ var DefaultImages = &VitessImages{
 	// has easy access to other programs we include in the Vitess image, like
 	// Percona XtraBackup.
 	Mysqld: &MysqldImage{
-		Mysql56Compatible: defaultVitessLiteImage,
+		Mysql80Compatible: defaultMySQLImage,
 	},
 
 	MysqldExporter: "prom/mysqld-exporter:v0.11.0",
diff --git a/test/endtoend/operator/102_keyspace_teardown.yaml b/test/endtoend/operator/102_keyspace_teardown.yaml
index 1efa71e7..013a5bc2 100644
--- a/test/endtoend/operator/102_keyspace_teardown.yaml
+++ b/test/endtoend/operator/102_keyspace_teardown.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
     vtorc: vitess/lite:latest
     vtbackup: vitess/lite:latest
     mysqld:
-      mysql56Compatible: vitess/lite:latest
+      mysql80Compatible: mysql:8.0.30
     mysqldExporter: prom/mysqld-exporter:v0.11.0
   cells:
   - name: zone1