diff --git a/test/convert.bats b/test/convert.bats
index 5207a7ad..115a608e 100644
--- a/test/convert.bats
+++ b/test/convert.bats
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function teardown() {
 
 @test "convert a Dockerfile" {
     cat > Dockerfile <<EOF
-FROM alpine:3.16
+FROM public.ecr.aws/docker/library/alpine:edge
 VOLUME /out
 ARG VERSION=1.0.0
 MAINTAINER unknown
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ EOF
   mkdir -p /out
   stacker build -f stacker.yaml --substitute-file stacker-subs.yaml --substitute IMAGE=app
   if [ -z "${REGISTRY_URL}" ]; then
-    skip "test because no registry found in REGISTRY_URL env variable"
+    skip "publish step of test because no registry found in REGISTRY_URL env variable"
   fi
   stacker publish -f stacker.yaml --substitute-file stacker-subs.yaml --substitute IMAGE=app --skip-tls --url docker://${REGISTRY_URL} --image app --tag latest
   rm -f stacker.yaml stacker-subs.yaml
diff --git a/test/whiteout.bats b/test/whiteout.bats
index 5ad58d9b..8c6cbd1a 100644
--- a/test/whiteout.bats
+++ b/test/whiteout.bats
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ EOF
 bb:
   from:
     type: docker
-    url: docker://busybox
+    url: docker://public.ecr.aws/docker/library/busybox:latest
   run: |
     mkdir /a1
     touch /a1/file