diff --git a/pkg/common/args.go b/pkg/common/args.go
index b10e5bf..0185df8 100644
--- a/pkg/common/args.go
+++ b/pkg/common/args.go
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/hydrophone/pkg/log"
 )
 
+// ConformanceImage is used to define the container image being used to run the conformance tests
+var ConformanceImage string
+
 // ArgConfig stores the argument passed when running the program
 type ArgConfig struct {
 	// Focus set the E2E_FOCUS env var to run a specific test
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ type ArgConfig struct {
 
 // InitArgs initializes the arguments passed to the program
 func InitArgs() (*ArgConfig, error) {
+
 	var cfg ArgConfig
 
 	outputDir, err := os.Getwd()
@@ -87,8 +91,7 @@ func InitArgs() (*ArgConfig, error) {
 
 	flag.StringVar(&cfg.Focus, "focus", "", "focus runs a specific e2e test. e.g. - sig-auth. allows regular expressions.")
 	flag.StringVar(&cfg.Skip, "skip", "", "skip specific tests. allows regular expressions.")
-	flag.StringVar(&cfg.ConformanceImage, "conformance-image", containerImage,
-		"specify a conformance container image of your choice.")
+	flag.StringVar(&cfg.ConformanceImage, "conformance-image", "", "specify a conformance container image of your choice.")
 	flag.StringVar(&cfg.BusyboxImage, "busybox-image", busyboxImage,
 		"specify an alternate busybox container image.")
 	flag.StringVar(&cfg.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "path to the kubeconfig file.")
@@ -119,6 +122,8 @@ func InitArgs() (*ArgConfig, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("specify either --conformance or --focus arguments, not both")
 	}
 
+	ConformanceImage = cfg.ConformanceImage
+
 	return &cfg, nil
 }
 
@@ -129,6 +134,10 @@ func PrintInfo(clientSet *kubernetes.Clientset, config *rest.Config) {
 		log.Fatal("Error fetching server version: ", err)
 	}
 
+	if ConformanceImage == "" {
+		ConformanceImage = fmt.Sprintf("registry.k8s.io/conformance:%s", serverVersion.String())
+	}
+
 	log.Printf("API endpoint : %s", config.Host)
 	log.Printf("Server version : %#v", *serverVersion)
 }
@@ -143,7 +152,7 @@ func ValidateArgs(clientSet *kubernetes.Clientset, config *rest.Config, cfg *Arg
 	if cfg.Skip != "" {
 		log.Printf("Skipping tests : '%s'", cfg.Skip)
 	}
-	log.Printf("Using conformance image : '%s'", cfg.ConformanceImage)
+	log.Printf("Using conformance image : '%s'", ConformanceImage)
 	log.Printf("Using busybox image : '%s'", cfg.BusyboxImage)
 	log.Printf("Test framework will start '%d' threads and use verbosity '%d'",
 		cfg.Parallel, cfg.Verbosity)
diff --git a/pkg/common/const.go b/pkg/common/const.go
index 4c8448e..2db6e9b 100644
--- a/pkg/common/const.go
+++ b/pkg/common/const.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package common
 
 const (
-	// containerImage is the default contaimer image used to run the conformance tests
-	containerImage = "registry.k8s.io/conformance:v1.29.0"
 	// busyboxImage is the image used to extract the e2e logs
 	busyboxImage = "registry.k8s.io/e2e-test-images/busybox:1.36.1-1"
 	// Namespace is the namespace where the conformance pod is created
diff --git a/pkg/service/init.go b/pkg/service/init.go
index bfb78fc..e305221 100644
--- a/pkg/service/init.go
+++ b/pkg/service/init.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func RunE2E(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, cfg *common.ArgConfig) {
 			Containers: []v1.Container{
 				{
 					Name:            common.ConformanceContainer,
-					Image:           cfg.ConformanceImage,
+					Image:           common.ConformanceImage,
 					ImagePullPolicy: v1.PullIfNotPresent,
 					Env: []v1.EnvVar{
 						{
diff --git a/pkg/service/list_images.go b/pkg/service/list_images.go
index a0641e3..d647cf5 100644
--- a/pkg/service/list_images.go
+++ b/pkg/service/list_images.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func PrintListImages(cfg *common.ArgConfig, clientSet *kubernetes.Clientset, con
 			Containers: []corev1.Container{
 				{
 					Name:  common.ConformanceContainer,
-					Image: cfg.ConformanceImage,
+					Image: common.ConformanceImage,
 					Command: []string{
 						"/usr/local/bin/e2e.test",
 						"--list-images",