diff --git a/.github/workflows/install.yaml b/.github/workflows/install.yaml
index 865cf14a90..59da7bff6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        vm: [centos-7, rocky-8, rocky-9, fedora, opensuse-leap, ubuntu-2204]
+        vm: [centos-9, rocky-8, rocky-9, fedora, opensuse-leap, ubuntu-2404]
       max-parallel: 3
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           vagrant ssh -c "sudo mv /tmp/k3s /usr/local/bin/k3s"
           vagrant provision --provision-with=k3s-upload
       - name: Add binary to PATH
-        if: matrix.vm == 'centos-7' || matrix.vm == 'rocky-8' || matrix.vm == 'rocky-9' || matrix.vm == 'opensuse-leap'
+        if: matrix.vm == 'centos-9' || matrix.vm == 'rocky-8' || matrix.vm == 'rocky-9' || matrix.vm == 'opensuse-leap'
         run: vagrant provision --provision-with=add-bin-path
       - name: "⏩ Install K3s"
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-install.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-install.yaml
index c318fb0b3b..a721678bf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-install.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-install.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         channel: [stable, latest]
-        vm: [rocky-8, fedora, opensuse-leap, ubuntu-2204]
+        vm: [rocky-9, fedora, opensuse-leap, ubuntu-2404]
       max-parallel: 4
     defaults:
       run:
diff --git a/Dockerfile.test b/Dockerfile.test
index 7f42d28660..644a422451 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/Dockerfile.test
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ FROM vagrantlibvirt/vagrant-libvirt:0.12.1 AS test-e2e
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y docker.io
 ENV VAGRANT_DISABLE_STRICT_DEPENDENCY_ENFORCEMENT=1
 RUN vagrant plugin install vagrant-k3s vagrant-reload vagrant-scp
-RUN vagrant box add generic/ubuntu2204 --provider libvirt --force
+RUN vagrant box add bento/ubuntu-24.04 --provider libvirt --force
 RUN curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"; \
     chmod +x ./kubectl; \
     mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
diff --git a/tests/e2e/dualstack/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/dualstack/Vagrantfile
index 1c419af67a..73fc39506f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/dualstack/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/dualstack/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "server-1", "server-2", "agent-0" ])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/dualstack/dualstack_test.go b/tests/e2e/dualstack/dualstack_test.go
index f6019e0638..c9612f9b71 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/dualstack/dualstack_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/dualstack/dualstack_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 3, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 1, "number of agent nodes")
 var hardened = flag.Bool("hardened", false, "true or false")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/Vagrantfile
index 67bc1709f1..76f0f6204b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "agent-0"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/embeddedmirror_test.go b/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/embeddedmirror_test.go
index 6eb0e92844..7188b552b9 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/embeddedmirror_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/embeddedmirror_test.go
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Valid nodeOS:
-// generic/ubuntu2310, generic/centos7, generic/rocky8,
-// opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+// eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-8, eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-9,
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 1, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 1, "number of agent nodes")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/externalip/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/externalip/Vagrantfile
index 742922e35c..b378f7fe74 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/externalip/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/externalip/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "agent-0" ])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go b/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go
index 47e15530b1..524bb83402 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 1, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 1, "number of agent nodes")
 var hardened = flag.Bool("hardened", false, "true or false")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/privateregistry/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/privateregistry/Vagrantfile
index 09d7c2d706..8300f81b30 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/privateregistry/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/privateregistry/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "agent-0"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go b/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go
index 5c65807a95..88a357a24a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Valid nodeOS:
-// generic/ubuntu2310, generic/centos7, generic/rocky8,
-// opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+// eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-8, eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-9,
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 1, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 1, "number of agent nodes")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/rootless/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/rootless/Vagrantfile
index 905958d558..04f095d782 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/rootless/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/rootless/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||  ["server-0"])
-NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||  ['generic/ubuntu2310'])
+NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/rootless/rootless_test.go b/tests/e2e/rootless/rootless_test.go
index 6528130ea4..361778c72d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/rootless/rootless_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/rootless/rootless_test.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 
 // Rootless is only valid on a single node, but requires node/kernel configuration, requiring a E2E test environment.
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
 var local = flag.Bool("local", false, "deploy a locally built K3s binary")
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/rotateca/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/rotateca/Vagrantfile
index 89cc90e640..7f5fd10f83 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/rotateca/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/rotateca/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "server-1", "server-2", "agent-0"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/rotateca/rotateca_test.go b/tests/e2e/rotateca/rotateca_test.go
index 9bf0f1430b..c43ab4d108 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/rotateca/rotateca_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/rotateca/rotateca_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 3, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 1, "number of agent nodes")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/s3/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/s3/Vagrantfile
index 75c4442660..8297ad6452 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/s3/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/s3/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/s3/s3_test.go b/tests/e2e/s3/s3_test.go
index ac203f63d4..fc3be6a5fd 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/s3/s3_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/s3/s3_test.go
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Valid nodeOS:
-// generic/ubuntu2310, generic/centos7, generic/rocky8,
-// opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+// eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-8, eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-9,
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
 var local = flag.Bool("local", false, "deploy a locally built K3s binary")
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scripts/run_tests.sh b/tests/e2e/scripts/run_tests.sh
index 87238ac695..d26b732599 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-nodeOS=${1:-"generic/ubuntu2310"}
+nodeOS=${1:-"bento/ubuntu-24.04"}
 servercount=${2:-3}
 agentcount=${3:-1}
 db=${4:-"etcd"}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/secretsencryption/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/secretsencryption/Vagrantfile
index 628310df76..f73a4ad60d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/secretsencryption/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/secretsencryption/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "server-1", "server-2"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/secretsencryption/secretsencryption_test.go b/tests/e2e/secretsencryption/secretsencryption_test.go
index 992deba77e..187dcedba2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/secretsencryption/secretsencryption_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/secretsencryption/secretsencryption_test.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import (
 // This test is desigened for the new secrets-encrypt rotate-keys command,
 // Added in v1.28.0+k3s1
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 3, "number of server nodes")
 var hardened = flag.Bool("hardened", false, "true or false")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/secretsencryption_old/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/secretsencryption_old/Vagrantfile
index 28ef2628c0..954ef232e5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/secretsencryption_old/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/secretsencryption_old/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "server-1", "server-2"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/secretsencryption_old/secretsencryption_test.go b/tests/e2e/secretsencryption_old/secretsencryption_test.go
index 940d42ccd4..c7b1f3c988 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/secretsencryption_old/secretsencryption_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/secretsencryption_old/secretsencryption_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 3, "number of server nodes")
 var hardened = flag.Bool("hardened", false, "true or false")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/snapshotrestore/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/snapshotrestore/Vagrantfile
index 504aa3e8af..6e9cac5f96 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/snapshotrestore/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/snapshotrestore/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "server-1", "server-2", "agent-0", "agent-1"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/snapshotrestore/snapshotrestore_test.go b/tests/e2e/snapshotrestore/snapshotrestore_test.go
index a5ce53a2da..dc47907f78 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/snapshotrestore/snapshotrestore_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/snapshotrestore/snapshotrestore_test.go
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Valid nodeOS:
-// generic/ubuntu2310, generic/centos7, generic/rocky8,
-// opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
+// bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+// eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-8, eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-9,
 
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 3, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 1, "number of agent nodes")
 var hardened = flag.Bool("hardened", false, "true or false")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/splitserver/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/splitserver/Vagrantfile
index 118538e3df..73a65904fe 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/splitserver/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/splitserver/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-etcd-0", "server-etcd-1", "server-etcd-2", "server-cp-0", "server-cp-1", "agent-0", "agent-1"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/splitserver/splitserver_test.go b/tests/e2e/splitserver/splitserver_test.go
index c386bad219..c78520d67b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/splitserver/splitserver_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/splitserver/splitserver_test.go
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var etcdCount = flag.Int("etcdCount", 3, "number of server nodes only deploying etcd")
 var controlPlaneCount = flag.Int("controlPlaneCount", 1, "number of server nodes acting as control plane")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 1, "number of agent nodes")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/startup/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/startup/Vagrantfile
index eb48e393f4..94d8a3f203 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/startup/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/startup/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "agent-0"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go b/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go
index 8b7fa01f7e..c926164fac 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
 var local = flag.Bool("local", false, "deploy a locally built K3s binary")
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tailscale/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/tailscale/Vagrantfile
index e93fc0d90b..31b2b22a8a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tailscale/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/tailscale/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "agent-0", "agent-1" ])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tailscale/tailscale_test.go b/tests/e2e/tailscale/tailscale_test.go
index 576be7dab2..3def1ac41a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tailscale/tailscale_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/tailscale/tailscale_test.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 1, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 2, "number of agent nodes")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/token/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/token/Vagrantfile
index f17a9be79b..d0530b8b9c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/token/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/token/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "server-1", "server-2", "agent-0", "agent-1"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/token/token_test.go b/tests/e2e/token/token_test.go
index 2790714b6f..bd0cc38a1f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/token/token_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/token/token_test.go
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Valid nodeOS:
-// generic/ubuntu2310, generic/centos7, generic/rocky8, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+// bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+// eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-8, eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-9,
 
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 3, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 2, "number of agent nodes")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/Vagrantfile
index 4ce4597604..6c63fae9b5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "server-1", "server-2", "agent-0", "agent-1"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 RELEASE_CHANNEL = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_CHANNEL'] || "latest")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 EXTERNAL_DB = (ENV['E2E_EXTERNAL_DB'] || "etcd")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/upgradecluster_test.go b/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/upgradecluster_test.go
index c3516a8fa2..18bd1cbee7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/upgradecluster_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/upgradecluster_test.go
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Valid nodeOS:
-// generic/ubuntu2310, generic/centos7, generic/rocky8
-// opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// bento/ubuntu-24.04, eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-8, eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-9
+// opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 3, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 2, "number of agent nodes")
 var hardened = flag.Bool("hardened", false, "true or false")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/vagrantdefaults.rb b/tests/e2e/vagrantdefaults.rb
index f773fd6d4c..6841db3770 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/vagrantdefaults.rb
+++ b/tests/e2e/vagrantdefaults.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 def defaultOSConfigure(vm)
   box = vm.box.to_s
-  if box.include?("generic/ubuntu")
+  if box.include?("ubuntu")
     vm.provision "Set DNS", type: "shell", inline: "netplan set ethernets.eth0.nameservers.addresses=[8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1]; netplan apply", run: 'once'
   elsif box.include?("Leap") || box.include?("Tumbleweed")
     vm.provision "Install apparmor-parser", type: "shell", inline: "zypper install -y apparmor-parser"
-  elsif box.include?("rocky8") || box.include?("rocky9")
-    vm.provision "Disable firewall", type: "shell", inline: "systemctl stop firewalld"
-  elsif box.include?("centos7")
+  elsif box.include?("rocky") || box.include?("centos")
     vm.provision "Disable firewall", type: "shell", inline: "systemctl stop firewalld"
   elsif box.include?("alpine")
     vm.provision "Install tools", type: "shell", inline: "apk add coreutils"
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ def getHardenedArg(vm, hardened, scripts_location)
     puts "Invalid E2E_HARDENED option"
     exit 1
   end
-  if vm.box.to_s.include?("generic/ubuntu")
+  if vm.box.to_s.include?("ubuntu")
     vm.provision "Install kube-bench", type: "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
     export KBV=0.8.0
     curl -L "https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench/releases/download/v${KBV}/kube-bench_${KBV}_linux_amd64.deb" -o "kube-bench_${KBV}_linux_amd64.deb"
@@ -90,13 +88,13 @@ end
 
 def jqInstall(vm)
   box = vm.box.to_s
-  if box.include?("generic/ubuntu")
+  if box.include?("ubuntu")
     vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "apt install -y jq"
   elsif box.include?("Leap") || box.include?("Tumbleweed")
     vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "zypper install -y jq"
-  elsif box.include?("rocky8") || box.include?("rocky9")
+  elsif box.include?("rocky")
     vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "dnf install -y jq"
-  elsif box.include?("centos7")
+  elsif box.include?("centos")
     vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "yum install -y jq"
   elsif box.include?("alpine")
     vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "apk add coreutils"
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ def dockerInstall(vm)
     vm.provision "shell", inline: "transactional-update pkg install -y docker apparmor-parser"
     vm.provision 'docker-reload', type: 'reload', run: 'once'
     vm.provision "shell", inline: "systemctl enable --now docker"
-  elsif box.include?("rocky8") || box.include?("rocky9")
+  elsif box.include?("rocky")
     vm.provision "shell", inline: "dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo"
     vm.provision "shell", inline: "dnf install -y docker-ce"
   end
diff --git a/tests/e2e/validatecluster/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/validatecluster/Vagrantfile
index 63bd28a780..80d99d67af 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/validatecluster/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/validatecluster/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0", "server-1", "server-2", "agent-0", "agent-1"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310', 'generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04', 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 EXTERNAL_DB = (ENV['E2E_EXTERNAL_DB'] || "etcd")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go b/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go
index 8853e9f425..accae34dad 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Valid nodeOS:
-// generic/ubuntu2310, generic/centos7, generic/rocky8,
-// opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+// eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-8, eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-9,
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 3, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 2, "number of agent nodes")
 var hardened = flag.Bool("hardened", false, "true or false")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/wasm/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/wasm/Vagrantfile
index 405d4e1050..eea5355b3c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/wasm/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/wasm/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
   ["server-0"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
-  ['generic/ubuntu2310'])
+  ['bento/ubuntu-24.04'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
 RELEASE_VERSION = (ENV['E2E_RELEASE_VERSION'] || "")
 GOCOVER = (ENV['E2E_GOCOVER'] || "")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/wasm/wasm_test.go b/tests/e2e/wasm/wasm_test.go
index 5ae8452529..1e887a086a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/wasm/wasm_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/wasm/wasm_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-// Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2310, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
-var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2310", "VM operating system")
+// Valid nodeOS: bento/ubuntu-24.04, opensuse/Leap-15.6.x86_64
+var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "bento/ubuntu-24.04", "VM operating system")
 var serverCount = flag.Int("serverCount", 1, "number of server nodes")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 0, "number of agent nodes")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")
diff --git a/tests/install/centos-7/Vagrantfile b/tests/install/centos-9/Vagrantfile
similarity index 93%
rename from tests/install/centos-7/Vagrantfile
rename to tests/install/centos-9/Vagrantfile
index f7be36b3a1..b2a5080ced 100644
--- a/tests/install/centos-7/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/install/centos-9/Vagrantfile
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ ENV['TEST_INSTALL_SH'] ||= '../../../install.sh'
 
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   config.vagrant.plugins = ["vagrant-k3s"]
-  config.vm.box = "generic/centos7"
+  config.vm.box = "eurolinux-vagrant/centos-stream-9"
   config.vm.boot_timeout = ENV['TEST_VM_BOOT_TIMEOUT'] || 600 # seconds
   config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', disabled: true
 
   # Load in helper functions
   load "../install_util.rb"
 
-  config.vm.define 'install-centos-7', primary: true do |test|
+  config.vm.define 'install-centos-9', primary: true do |test|
     test.vm.hostname = 'smoke'
     test.vm.provision "add-bin-path", type: "shell", inline: "echo \"export PATH=/usr/local/bin:\$PATH\" >> ~/.bashrc"
     test.vm.provision 'k3s-upload', type: 'file', run: 'always', source: ENV['TEST_INSTALL_SH'], destination: 'install.sh'
diff --git a/tests/install/fedora/Vagrantfile b/tests/install/fedora/Vagrantfile
index 5c1c27b3cb..99c636cc72 100644
--- a/tests/install/fedora/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/install/fedora/Vagrantfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ENV['TEST_INSTALL_SH'] ||= '../../../install.sh'
 
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   config.vagrant.plugins = ["vagrant-k3s"]
-  config.vm.box = 'generic/fedora37'
+  config.vm.box = 'bento/fedora-latest'
   config.vm.boot_timeout = ENV['TEST_VM_BOOT_TIMEOUT'] || 600 # seconds
   config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', disabled: true
 
diff --git a/tests/install/rocky-8/Vagrantfile b/tests/install/rocky-8/Vagrantfile
index 01ebf86026..362829634c 100644
--- a/tests/install/rocky-8/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/install/rocky-8/Vagrantfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ENV['TEST_INSTALL_SH'] ||= '../../../install.sh'
 
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   config.vagrant.plugins = ["vagrant-k3s"]
-  config.vm.box = "generic/rocky8"
+  config.vm.box = "bento/rockylinux-8"
   config.vm.boot_timeout = ENV['TEST_VM_BOOT_TIMEOUT'] || 600 # seconds
   config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', disabled: true
 
diff --git a/tests/install/rocky-9/Vagrantfile b/tests/install/rocky-9/Vagrantfile
index c4e9e8e323..f38c14995e 100644
--- a/tests/install/rocky-9/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/install/rocky-9/Vagrantfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV['INSTALL_K3S_CHANNEL'] ||= 'testing'
 
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   config.vagrant.plugins = ["vagrant-k3s"]
-  config.vm.box = "generic/rocky9"
+  config.vm.box = "eurolinux-vagrant/rocky-9"
   config.vm.boot_timeout = ENV['TEST_VM_BOOT_TIMEOUT'] || 600 # seconds
   config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', disabled: true
 
diff --git a/tests/install/ubuntu-2204/Vagrantfile b/tests/install/ubuntu-2404/Vagrantfile
similarity index 94%
rename from tests/install/ubuntu-2204/Vagrantfile
rename to tests/install/ubuntu-2404/Vagrantfile
index 48cef4ef36..31285d4493 100644
--- a/tests/install/ubuntu-2204/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/install/ubuntu-2404/Vagrantfile
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ ENV['TEST_INSTALL_SH'] ||= '../../../install.sh'
 
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   config.vagrant.plugins = ["vagrant-k3s"]
-  config.vm.box = 'generic/ubuntu2204'
+  config.vm.box = 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'
   config.vm.boot_timeout = ENV['TEST_VM_BOOT_TIMEOUT'] || 600 # seconds
   config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', disabled: true
 
   # Load in helper functions
   load "../install_util.rb"
 
-  config.vm.define 'install-ubuntu-2204', primary: true do |test|
+  config.vm.define 'install-ubuntu-2404', primary: true do |test|
     test.vm.hostname = 'smoke'
     test.vm.provision 'k3s-upload', type: 'file', run: 'always', source: ENV['TEST_INSTALL_SH'], destination: 'install.sh'
     test.vm.provision 'k3s-install', type: 'k3s', run: 'once' do |k3s|