diff --git a/ocs_ci/templates/CSI/cephfs/pod.yaml b/ocs_ci/templates/CSI/cephfs/pod.yaml
index f26c7b10d9a..aa87837787b 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/templates/CSI/cephfs/pod.yaml
+++ b/ocs_ci/templates/CSI/cephfs/pod.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
    - name: web-server
-     image: quay.io/ocsci/nginx:latest
+     image: quay.io/ocsci/nginx:fio
      volumeMounts:
        - name: mypvc
          mountPath: /var/lib/www/html
diff --git a/ocs_ci/templates/CSI/rbd/pod.yaml b/ocs_ci/templates/CSI/rbd/pod.yaml
index e5ac78daf43..34eb5984e64 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/templates/CSI/rbd/pod.yaml
+++ b/ocs_ci/templates/CSI/rbd/pod.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
    - name: web-server
-     image: quay.io/ocsci/nginx:latest
+     image: quay.io/ocsci/nginx:fio
      volumeMounts:
        - name: mypvc
          mountPath: /var/lib/www/html
diff --git a/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/nginx.yaml b/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/nginx.yaml
index 16b936edd62..62f641f7a35 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/nginx.yaml
+++ b/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/nginx.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
    - name: web-server
-     image: quay.io/ocsci/nginx:latest
+     image: quay.io/ocsci/nginx:fio
      volumeMounts:
        - name: mypvc
          mountPath: /var/lib/www/html
diff --git a/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/raw_block_pod.yaml b/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/raw_block_pod.yaml
index eee3cb01361..2569e2513b4 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/raw_block_pod.yaml
+++ b/ocs_ci/templates/app-pods/raw_block_pod.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
     - name: my-container
-      image: quay.io/ocsci/nginx:latest
+      image: quay.io/ocsci/nginx:fio
       securityContext:
          capabilities: {}
       volumeDevices:
diff --git a/ocs_ci/utility/workloads/fio.py b/ocs_ci/utility/workloads/fio.py
index bca9e103901..eadd370a6e6 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/utility/workloads/fio.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/utility/workloads/fio.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ def setup(**kwargs):
         bool: True if setup succeeds else False
     """
     io_pod = kwargs["pod"]
+    if "fio-" in io_pod.exec_cmd_on_pod(command="fio --version"):
+        return True
     # For first cut doing simple fio install
     distro = find_distro(io_pod)
     pkg_mgr = DISTROS[distro]