diff --git a/src/e2e_test/perf_tool/pkg/cluster/gke/cluster_ops.go b/src/e2e_test/perf_tool/pkg/cluster/gke/cluster_ops.go
index 991c363127f..3ad7052f9e3 100644
--- a/src/e2e_test/perf_tool/pkg/cluster/gke/cluster_ops.go
+++ b/src/e2e_test/perf_tool/pkg/cluster/gke/cluster_ops.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ func (p *ClusterProvider) nodePoolForSpec(spec *experimentpb.ClusterSpec) *conta
 		Name: nodePoolNameFromSpec(spec),
 		Config: &containerpb.NodeConfig{
 			MachineType: spec.Node.MachineType,
+			ImageType:   "ubuntu_containerd",
 			DiskSizeGb:  p.clusterOpts.DiskSizeGB,
 			DiskType:    p.clusterOpts.DiskType,
 			OauthScopes: []string{
diff --git a/src/e2e_test/perf_tool/pkg/suites/workloads.go b/src/e2e_test/perf_tool/pkg/suites/workloads.go
index 28e68ce119f..43e06ed78b4 100644
--- a/src/e2e_test/perf_tool/pkg/suites/workloads.go
+++ b/src/e2e_test/perf_tool/pkg/suites/workloads.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func VizierWorkload() *pb.WorkloadSpec {
 					Skaffold: &pb.SkaffoldDeploy{
 						SkaffoldPath: "skaffold/skaffold_vizier.yaml",
 						SkaffoldArgs: []string{
-							"-p", "opt",
+							"-p", "opt,x86_64_sysroot",
 						},
 					},
 				},