diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/README.md b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/README.md
index b1f52dbed9cfb..1b18b72647537 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/README.md
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/README.md
@@ -71,3 +71,9 @@ You need to have `docker` to run ingest manager api integration tests
    ```
    FLEET_PACKAGE_REGISTRY_PORT=12345 yarn test:ftr:runner --config x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/config.ts --grep='fleet'
    ```
+
+**Note** you can also supply which docker image to use for the package registry via the `FLEET_PACKAGE_REGISTRY_DOCKER_IMAGE` env variable. For example,
+
+```
+FLEET_PACKAGE_REGISTRY_DOCKER_IMAGE='docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution:production' FLEET_PACKAGE_REGISTRY_PORT=12345 yarn test:ftr:runner
+```
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/delete.ts b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/delete.ts
index ecf9eb625bd7e..c79a29a858b46 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/delete.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/delete.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { skipIfNoDockerRegistry } from '../../helpers';
 export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
   const { getService } = providerContext;
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
-  const requiredPackage = 'system-0.11.0';
+  const requiredPackage = 'system-0.12.6';
 
   const installPackage = async (pkgkey: string) => {
     await supertest
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/config.ts b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/config.ts
index e17c5cbee9a46..3ab2747f3848a 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/config.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import { defineDockerServersConfig } from '@kbn/test';
 // example: https://beats-ci.elastic.co/blue/organizations/jenkins/Ingest-manager%2Fpackage-storage/detail/snapshot/74/pipeline/257#step-302-log-1.
 // It should be updated any time there is a new Docker image published for the Snapshot Distribution of the Package Registry.
 export const dockerImage =
-  'docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution:b6a53ac9300333a4a45f3f7d350c9aed72061a66';
+  process.env.FLEET_PACKAGE_REGISTRY_DOCKER_IMAGE ||
+  'docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution:fc104ac437370d80518e24da6d0b84370edf0c0c';
 
 export default async function ({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProviderContext) {
   const xPackAPITestsConfig = await readConfigFile(require.resolve('../api_integration/config.ts'));