diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-cassandra-suite.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-cassandra-suite.yaml
index 46726a6b5..535823809 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-cassandra-suite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-cassandra-suite.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH) make clean && make -j$nproc IMAGES='cassandra' build
         docker images
-        docker tag $(docker images|awk '/build-/ {print $1}') rook/cassandra:master
+        docker tag $(docker images|awk '/build-/ {print $1}') rook/cassandra:v1.7.3
 
     - name: TestCassandraSuite
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-on-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-on-release.yaml
index 405d73c4b..a9bcf5fdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-on-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-on-release.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH) make clean && make -j$nproc IMAGES='cassandra' build
         docker images
-        docker tag $(docker images|awk '/build-/ {print $1}') rook/cassandra:master
+        docker tag $(docker images|awk '/build-/ {print $1}') rook/cassandra:v1.7.3
 
     - name: TestCassandraSuite
       run: |
diff --git a/Documentation/quickstart.md b/Documentation/quickstart.md
index 845573641..f46de6144 100644
--- a/Documentation/quickstart.md
+++ b/Documentation/quickstart.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to ask us in our
 First deploy the Rook Cassandra Operator using the following commands:
 
 ```console
-$ git clone --single-branch --branch v1.7.2 https://github.com/rook/cassandra.git
+$ git clone --single-branch --branch v1.7.3 https://github.com/rook/cassandra.git
 cd rook/cluster/examples/kubernetes/cassandra
 kubectl apply -f crds.yaml
 kubectl apply -f operator.yaml
diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/cassandra/operator.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/cassandra/operator.yaml
index b80b05d48..205f2e1d0 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/cassandra/operator.yaml
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/cassandra/operator.yaml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: rook-cassandra-operator
-  namespace: rook-cassandra-system # namespace:operator
+  namespace: cassandra-ns-system # namespace:operator
   labels:
     app: rook-cassandra-operator
 spec:
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: rook-cassandra-operator
       containers:
         - name: rook-cassandra-operator
-          image: rook/cassandra:v1.7.2
-          imagePullPolicy: "Always"
+          image: rook/cassandra:v1.7.3
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           args: ["cassandra", "operator"]
           env:
             - name: POD_NAME
diff --git a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
index 2b49f46e5..138a90559 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ function build_rook() {
   tests/scripts/validate_modified_files.sh build
   docker images
   if [[ "$build_type" == "build" ]]; then
-    docker tag "$(docker images | awk '/build-/ {print $1}')" rook/ceph:v1.7.2
+    docker tag "$(docker images | awk '/build-/ {print $1}')" rook/cassandra:v1.7.3
   fi
 }