diff --git a/packages/zarf-registry/chart/values.yaml b/packages/zarf-registry/chart/values.yaml
index 4812a5c4a6..77a88650e1 100644
--- a/packages/zarf-registry/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/packages/zarf-registry/chart/values.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ podLabels: {}
 
 image:
   repository: registry
-  tag: 3.0.0-alpha.1
+  tag: 2.8.3
 
 service:
   name: registry
diff --git a/src/test/common.go b/src/test/common.go
index 3cd3325b6a..35d6820d28 100644
--- a/src/test/common.go
+++ b/src/test/common.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (e2e *ZarfE2ETest) GetLogFileContents(t *testing.T, stdErr string) string {
 // SetupDockerRegistry uses the host machine's docker daemon to spin up a local registry for testing purposes.
 func (e2e *ZarfE2ETest) SetupDockerRegistry(t *testing.T, port int) {
 	// spin up a local registry
-	registryImage := "registry:3.0.0-alpha.1"
+	registryImage := "registry:2.8.3"
 	err := exec.CmdWithPrint("docker", "run", "-d", "--restart=always", "-p", fmt.Sprintf("%d:5000", port), "--name", fmt.Sprintf("registry-%d", port), registryImage)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/21_connect_creds_test.go b/src/test/e2e/21_connect_creds_test.go
index 19ac8b4adc..4fe560f6a8 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/21_connect_creds_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/21_connect_creds_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestConnectAndCreds(t *testing.T) {
 
 	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf("tools", "registry", "ls", "127.0.0.1:31337/library/registry")
 	require.NoError(t, err, stdOut, stdErr)
-	require.Contains(t, stdOut, "3.0.0-alpha.1")
+	require.Contains(t, stdOut, "2.8.3")
 	stdOut, stdErr, err = e2e.Zarf("tools", "registry", "ls", "127.0.0.1:31337/grafana/promtail")
 	require.NoError(t, err, stdOut, stdErr)
 	require.Equal(t, stdOut, "")
diff --git a/src/test/external/docker-registry-values.yaml b/src/test/external/docker-registry-values.yaml
index 98f93f34cd..65b8a1722c 100644
--- a/src/test/external/docker-registry-values.yaml
+++ b/src/test/external/docker-registry-values.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 image:
   repository: registry
-  tag: 3.0.0-alpha.1
+  tag: 2.8.3
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 imagePullSecrets:
-    - name: private-registry
+  - name: private-registry
 
 service:
   name: registry