diff --git a/composer/airflow_1_samples/kubernetes_pod_operator.py b/composer/airflow_1_samples/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
index c1238d1a425..4bd08b4c096 100644
--- a/composer/airflow_1_samples/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
+++ b/composer/airflow_1_samples/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         task_id='ex-pod-affinity',
         name='ex-pod-affinity',
         namespace='default',
-        image='perl',
+        image='perl:5.34.0',
         cmds=['perl'],
         arguments=['-Mbignum=bpi', '-wle', 'print bpi(2000)'],
         # affinity allows you to constrain which nodes your pod is eligible to
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
         task_id='ex-all-configs',
         name='pi',
         namespace='default',
-        image='perl',
+        image='perl:5.34.0',
         # Entrypoint of the container, if not specified the Docker container's
         # entrypoint is used. The cmds parameter is templated.
         cmds=['perl'],
diff --git a/composer/workflows/kubernetes_pod_operator.py b/composer/workflows/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
index f4a5517ecf5..9740f56562e 100644
--- a/composer/workflows/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
+++ b/composer/workflows/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
         task_id='ex-pod-affinity',
         name='ex-pod-affinity',
         namespace='default',
-        image='perl',
+        image='perl:5.34.0',
         cmds=['perl'],
         arguments=['-Mbignum=bpi', '-wle', 'print bpi(2000)'],
         # affinity allows you to constrain which nodes your pod is eligible to
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         task_id='ex-all-configs',
         name='pi',
         namespace='default',
-        image='perl',
+        image='perl:5.34.0',
         # Entrypoint of the container, if not specified the Docker container's
         # entrypoint is used. The cmds parameter is templated.
         cmds=['perl'],