diff --git a/docs/content/docs/custom-resource/pod-template.md b/docs/content/docs/custom-resource/pod-template.md
index 401a7e5e0b..8a9360cdfb 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs/custom-resource/pod-template.md
+++ b/docs/content/docs/custom-resource/pod-template.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ spec:
         initContainers:
           # Sample sidecar container
           - name: busybox
-            image: busybox:1.36.0
+            image: busybox:1.35.0
             command: [ 'sh','-c','echo hello from task manager' ]
   job:
     jarURI: local:///opt/flink/examples/streaming/StateMachineExample.jar
diff --git a/e2e-tests/data/flinkdep-cr.yaml b/e2e-tests/data/flinkdep-cr.yaml
index 41f02690a9..2170fbe17a 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/data/flinkdep-cr.yaml
+++ b/e2e-tests/data/flinkdep-cr.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       initContainers:
         - name: artifacts-fetcher
-          image: busybox:1.36.0
+          image: busybox:1.35.0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           # Use wget or other tools to get user jars from remote storage
           command: [ 'wget', 'https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/flink/flink-examples-streaming_2.12/1.14.4/flink-examples-streaming_2.12-1.14.4.jar', '-O', '/flink-artifact/myjob.jar' ]
diff --git a/examples/pod-template.yaml b/examples/pod-template.yaml
index a7c81ad45d..83199619d9 100644
--- a/examples/pod-template.yaml
+++ b/examples/pod-template.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ spec:
         initContainers:
           # Sample init container for fetching remote artifacts
           - name: busybox
-            image: busybox:1.36.0
+            image: busybox:1.35.0
             volumeMounts:
               - mountPath: /opt/flink/downloads
                 name: downloads