diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 6db5aae1c8..96f17c6bfa 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ env:
     DEBIAN_NAME: "debian-13"
 
     # Image identifiers
-    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c20250627t155202z-f42f41d13"
+    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c20250812t173301z-f42f41d13"
 
     # EC2 images
     FEDORA_AMI: "fedora-aws-${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
diff --git a/test/apiv2/20-containers.at b/test/apiv2/20-containers.at
index 51018b6bba..5355871b94 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/20-containers.at
+++ b/test/apiv2/20-containers.at
@@ -762,14 +762,13 @@ if root && test -e /dev/nullb0; then
   t POST libpod/containers/updateCtr/update ${TMPD}/update.json 201
 
   cgroupPath=/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.weight
-  # 002 is the byte length
-  cpu_weight_expect=$'\001\0025'
 
   # Verify CPU weight
   echo '{ "AttachStdout":true,"Cmd":["cat", "'$cgroupPath'"]}' >${TMPD}/exec.json
   t POST containers/updateCtr/exec ${TMPD}/exec.json 201 .Id~[0-9a-f]\\{64\\}
   eid=$(jq -r '.Id' <<<"$output")
-  t POST exec/$eid/start 200 $cpu_weight_expect
+  t POST exec/$eid/start 200
+  like "$(<$WORKDIR/curl.result.out)" $'^\x01.\(20\|5\)$' "cpu.weight is 5 or 20"
 
   BlkioDeviceReadBps_expected='[
   {
diff --git a/test/e2e/update_test.go b/test/e2e/update_test.go
index f53347fe09..87399357cc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/update_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/update_test.go
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman update", func() {
 		podmanTest.CheckFileInContainerSubstring(ctrID, "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.swap.max", "1073741824")
 
 		// checking cpu-shares
-		podmanTest.CheckFileInContainerSubstring(ctrID, "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.weight", "5")
+		exec := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("exec", ctrID, "cat", "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.weight")
+		Expect(exec.OutputToString()).To(Or(ContainSubstring("5"), ContainSubstring("20")))
 
 		// checking pids-limit
 		podmanTest.CheckFileInContainerSubstring(ctrID, "/sys/fs/cgroup/pids.max", "123")