diff --git a/mini-e2e-helm.groovy b/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
index ae2ce1044..11a839a96 100644
--- a/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
+++ b/mini-e2e-helm.groovy
@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 				podman_pull(ci_registry, "docker.io", "rook/ceph:${rook_version}")
 			}
 
+			def rook_ceph_cluster_image = sh(
+				script: 'ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@${CICO_NODE} \'source /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/build.env && echo ${ROOK_CEPH_CLUSTER_IMAGE}\'',
+				returnStdout: true
+			).trim()
+			def d_io_regex = ~"^docker.io/"
+
+			if (rook_ceph_cluster_image != '') {
+				// single-node-k8s.sh pushes the image into minikube
+				podman_pull(ci_registry, "docker.io", rook_ceph_cluster_image - d_io_regex)
+			}
+
 			timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
 				ssh "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=${k8s_release}"
 			}
diff --git a/mini-e2e.groovy b/mini-e2e.groovy
index ba55d4516..6edc38fb9 100644
--- a/mini-e2e.groovy
+++ b/mini-e2e.groovy
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ node('cico-workspace') {
 				podman_pull(ci_registry, "docker.io", "rook/ceph:${rook_version}")
 			}
 
+			def rook_ceph_cluster_image = sh(
+				script: 'ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@${CICO_NODE} \'source /opt/build/go/src/github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/build.env && echo ${ROOK_CEPH_CLUSTER_IMAGE}\'',
+				returnStdout: true
+			).trim()
+			def d_io_regex = ~"^docker.io/"
+
+			if (rook_ceph_cluster_image != '') {
+				// single-node-k8s.sh pushes the image into minikube
+				podman_pull(ci_registry, "docker.io", rook_ceph_cluster_image - d_io_regex)
+			}
+
 			timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
 				ssh "./single-node-k8s.sh --k8s-version=${k8s_release}"
 			}
diff --git a/single-node-k8s.sh b/single-node-k8s.sh
index 6a6b8621e..794065d61 100755
--- a/single-node-k8s.sh
+++ b/single-node-k8s.sh
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ then
     ./podman2minikube.sh "${BASE_IMAGE}"
 fi
 
+# Rook also uses ceph/ceph:v15 (build.env:ROOK_CEPH_CLUSTER_IMAGE), so push it into the VM
+if [ -n "${ROOK_CEPH_CLUSTER_IMAGE}" ] && podman inspect "${ROOK_CEPH_CLUSTER_IMAGE}" > /dev/null
+then
+    ./podman2minikube.sh "${ROOK_CEPH_CLUSTER_IMAGE}"
+fi
+
 deploy_rook
 
 # running e2e.test requires librados and librbd