diff --git a/cmd/downloader.go b/cmd/downloader.go
index 475d6528a..6e53e5205 100644
--- a/cmd/downloader.go
+++ b/cmd/downloader.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func newDownloadEVERootFSCmd(cfg *openevec.EdenSetupArgs) *cobra.Command {
 	downloadEVERootFSCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cfg.Eve.Tag, "eve-tag", "", defaults.DefaultEVETag, "tag to download")
 	downloadEVERootFSCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cfg.Eve.Arch, "eve-arch", "", runtime.GOARCH, "arch of EVE")
 	downloadEVERootFSCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cfg.Eve.HV, "eve-hv", "", defaults.DefaultEVEHV, "HV of EVE (kvm or xen)")
+	downloadEVERootFSCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cfg.Eve.Registry, "eve-registry", "", defaults.DefaultEveRegistry, "eve registry to download image from (default lf-edge/eve)")
 	downloadEVERootFSCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&outputDir, "downloader-dist", "d", "", "output directory")
 
 	return downloadEVERootFSCmd
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ func newDownloadEVECmd(cfg *openevec.EdenSetupArgs) *cobra.Command {
 	downloadEVECmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cfg.Eve.ImageFile, "image-file", "i", "", "path for image drive")
 	downloadEVECmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cfg.Adam.Dist, "adam-dist", "", cfg.Adam.Dist, "adam dist to start")
 	downloadEVECmd.Flags().IntVar(&cfg.Eve.ImageSizeMB, "image-size", defaults.DefaultEVEImageSize, "Image size of EVE in MB")
+	downloadEVECmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cfg.Eve.Registry, "eve-registry", "", defaults.DefaultEveRegistry, "eve registry to download image from (default lf-edge/eve)")
 
 	return downloadEVECmd
 }
diff --git a/tests/update_eve_image/testdata/update_eve_image_http.txt b/tests/update_eve_image/testdata/update_eve_image_http.txt
index 54d131a83..49d535ef6 100644
--- a/tests/update_eve_image/testdata/update_eve_image_http.txt
+++ b/tests/update_eve_image/testdata/update_eve_image_http.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Default EVE version to update
-{{$eve_ver := "8.7.0"}}
+{{$eve_ver := "9.7.0"}}
+
+# Default EVE registry to update
+{{$eve_registry := "lfedge/eve"}}
 
 # Obtain EVE version from environment variable EVE_VERSION
 {{$env := EdenGetEnv "EVE_VERSION"}}
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ eden controller edge-node update --config timer.test.baseimage.update=30
 
 # Download EVE rootfs into eve-dist
 message 'EVE image download'
-eden -t 10m utils download eve-rootfs --eve-tag={{$eve_ver}} --eve-hv={{$eve_hv}} --downloader-dist={{EdenConfigPath "eve.dist"}} -v debug
+eden -t 10m utils download eve-rootfs --eve-tag={{$eve_ver}} --eve-hv={{$eve_hv}} --eve-registry={{$eve_registry}} --downloader-dist={{EdenConfigPath "eve.dist"}} -v debug
 
 # Check stdout of previous command. Expected to get full path to squashfs
 stdout '{{EdenConfigPath "eve.dist"}}/rootfs-{{ $short_version }}.squashfs'
diff --git a/tests/update_eve_image/testdata/update_eve_image_oci.txt b/tests/update_eve_image/testdata/update_eve_image_oci.txt
index 6f1c6a08e..25d77804a 100644
--- a/tests/update_eve_image/testdata/update_eve_image_oci.txt
+++ b/tests/update_eve_image/testdata/update_eve_image_oci.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Default EVE version to update
-{{$eve_ver := "8.6.0"}}
+{{$eve_ver := "9.6.0"}}
+
+# Default EVE registry to update
+{{$eve_registry := "lfedge/eve"}}
 
 # Obtain EVE version from environment variable EVE_VERSION
 {{$env := EdenGetEnv "EVE_VERSION"}}
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ eden controller edge-node update --config timer.test.baseimage.update=30
 
 # Send command to update eveimage from OCI image
 message 'EVE update request'
-eden -t 10m controller edge-node eveimage-update oci://docker.io/lfedge/eve:{{$eve_ver}}-{{$eve_hv}}-{{$eve_arch}} -m adam://
+eden -t 10m controller edge-node eveimage-update oci://docker.io/{{$eve_registry}}:{{$eve_ver}}-{{$eve_hv}}-{{$eve_arch}} -m adam://
 
 # Check stderr, it must be empty
 ! stderr .