diff --git a/test/e2e/provisioning/helper.go b/test/e2e/provisioning/helper.go
index 2ccc9b439..9fca707ea 100644
--- a/test/e2e/provisioning/helper.go
+++ b/test/e2e/provisioning/helper.go
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ var (
 
 	openStackImages = map[string]string{
 		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemUbuntu):     "kubermatic-ubuntu",
-		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemRHEL):       "machine-controller-e2e-rhel-8-5",
+		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemRHEL):       "machine-controller-e2e-rhel-9-6",
 		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemFlatcar):    "kubermatic-e2e-flatcar",
-		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemRockyLinux): "machine-controller-e2e-rockylinux",
+		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemRockyLinux): "machine-controller-e2e-rockylinux-9-6",
 	}
 
 	openNebulaImages = map[string]string{
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ var (
 
 	vSphereOSImageTemplates = map[string]string{
 		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemFlatcar):    "kkp-flatcar-3139.2.0",
-		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemRHEL):       "kkp-rhel-8.6",
-		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemRockyLinux): "kkp-rockylinux-8",
+		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemRHEL):       "kkp-rhel-9.6",
+		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemRockyLinux): "kkp-rockylinux-9.6",
 		string(providerconfigtypes.OperatingSystemUbuntu):     "kkp-ubuntu-24.04",
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/provisioning/testdata/machinedeployment-kubevirt.yaml b/test/e2e/provisioning/testdata/machinedeployment-kubevirt.yaml
index d97169adf..e903f266f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/provisioning/testdata/machinedeployment-kubevirt.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/provisioning/testdata/machinedeployment-kubevirt.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
                 primaryDisk:
                   osImage: http://image-repo.kube-system.svc/images/<< KUBEVIRT_OS_IMAGE >>.img
                   size: "25Gi"
-                  storageClassName: rook-ceph-block
+                  storageClassName: local-path
               dnsPolicy: "None"
               dnsConfig:
                 nameservers: