diff --git a/__tests__/docker/install.test.itg.ts b/__tests__/docker/install.test.itg.ts
index b960e77a..00cdb97f 100644
--- a/__tests__/docker/install.test.itg.ts
+++ b/__tests__/docker/install.test.itg.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {jest, describe, test, beforeEach, afterEach, expect} from '@jest/globals';
+import {describe, test, expect} from '@jest/globals';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -26,19 +26,6 @@ import {Exec} from '../../src/exec';
 const tmpDir = () => fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(process.env.TEMP || os.tmpdir(), 'docker-install-itg-'));
 
 describe('install', () => {
-  const originalEnv = process.env;
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    jest.resetModules();
-    process.env = {
-      ...originalEnv,
-      LIMA_START_ARGS: '--cpus 4 --memory 8',
-      LIMA_IMAGES: `x86_64:https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/20231013-1532/debian-12-genericcloud-amd64-20231013-1532.qcow2@sha512:6b55e88b027c14da1b55c85a25a9f7069d4560a8fdb2d948c986a585db469728a06d2c528303e34bb62d8b2984def38fd9ddfc00965846ff6e05b01d6e883bfe
-aarch64:https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/20231013-1532/debian-12-genericcloud-arm64-20231013-1532.qcow2`
-    };
-  });
-  afterEach(() => {
-    process.env = originalEnv;
-  });
   // prettier-ignore
   test.each([
     {type: 'image', tag: '27.3.1'} as InstallSourceImage,
diff --git a/src/docker/assets.ts b/src/docker/assets.ts
index 49d25636..80b46e17 100644
--- a/src/docker/assets.ts
+++ b/src/docker/assets.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ Get-WinEvent -ea SilentlyContinue \`
 `;
 
 export const limaYamlData = `
+# Source: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/blob/master/templates/docker-rootful.yaml
+
 # VM type: "qemu" or "vz" (on macOS 13 and later).
 # The vmType can be specified only on creating the instance.
 # The vmType of existing instances cannot be changed.
@@ -152,12 +154,18 @@ images:
   arch: "{{arch}}"
   digest: "{{digest}}"
 {{/each}}
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20231026/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20241004/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+  arch: "x86_64"
+  digest: "sha256:fad101d50b06b26590cf30542349f9e9d3041ad7929e3bc3531c81ec27f2c788"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20241004/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  arch: "aarch64"
+  digest: "sha256:e380b683b0c497d2a87af8a5dbe94c42eb54548fa976167f307ed8cf3944ec57"
+# Fallback to the latest release image.
+# Hint: run \`limactl prune\` to invalidate the cache
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:054db2d88c454bb0ad8dfd8883955e3946b57d2b0bf0d023f3ade3c93cdd14e5"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20231026/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:eafa7742ce5ff109222ea313d31ea366d587b4e89b900b11d8285ae775dfe8c3"
 
 # CPUs
 # Builtin default: min(4, host CPU cores)