diff --git a/polkadot/.gitlab-ci.yml b/polkadot/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bc47fe0b3c..823e63b54f 100644
--- a/polkadot/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/polkadot/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ variables:
   CI_IMAGE:                        "paritytech/ci-linux:production"
   DOCKER_OS:                       "debian:stretch"
   ARCH:                            "x86_64"
-  ZOMBIENET_IMAGE:                 "docker.io/paritytech/zombienet:v1.0.2"
+  ZOMBIENET_IMAGE:                 "docker.io/paritytech/zombienet:v1.1.3"
   VAULT_SERVER_URL:                "https://vault.parity-mgmt-vault.parity.io"
   VAULT_AUTH_PATH:                 "gitlab-parity-io-jwt"
   VAULT_AUTH_ROLE:                 "cicd_gitlab_parity_${CI_PROJECT_NAME}"
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ zombienet-tests-parachains-smoke-test:
     - export DEBUG=zombie,zombie::network-node
     - export ZOMBIENET_INTEGRATION_TEST_IMAGE=${PARACHAINS_IMAGE_NAME}:${PARACHAINS_IMAGE_TAG}
     - export MALUS_IMAGE=${MALUS_IMAGE_NAME}:${MALUS_IMAGE_TAG}
-    - export COL_IMAGE=${COLLATOR_IMAGE_NAME}:${COLLATOR_IMAGE_TAG}
+    - export COL_IMAGE="docker.io/paritypr/colander:4547" # The collator image is fixed
 
   script:
     - /home/nonroot/zombie-net/scripts/run-test-env-manager.sh