diff --git a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
index a29e646d9..af34b94c1 100644
--- a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultRegistryPort         = 5050
 
 	//tags, versions, repos
-	DefaultEVETag               = "13.0.0" // DefaultEVETag tag for EVE image
+	DefaultEVETag               = "13.1.0" // DefaultEVETag tag for EVE image
 	DefaultAdamTag              = "0.0.56"
 	DefaultRedisTag             = "7"
 	DefaultRegistryTag          = "2.7"
diff --git a/tests/vcom/vcom_test.go b/tests/vcom/vcom_test.go
index 72cce5685..94ef4a0f6 100644
--- a/tests/vcom/vcom_test.go
+++ b/tests/vcom/vcom_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const (
 	sshPort     = "8027"
 	appLink     = "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
 	projectName = "vcomlink"
+	appWait     = 60 * 10
+	sshWait     = 60 * 5
 )
 
 func getChannel(data []byte) (uint, error) {
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ func TestVcomLinkTpmRequestEK(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("vcomlink is not running, ss output :\n%s", stat)
 	}
 
-	appName := tk.GetRandomAppName(projectName)
+	appName := tk.GetRandomAppName(projectName + "-")
 	pubPorts := []string{sshPort + ":22"}
 	pc := tk.GetDefaultVMConfig(appName, tk.AppDefaultCloudConfig, pubPorts)
 	err = eveNode.EveDeployApp(appLink, pc, tk.WithSSH(tk.AppDefaultSSHUser, tk.AppDefaultSSHPass, sshPort))
@@ -102,13 +104,13 @@ func TestVcomLinkTpmRequestEK(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// wait 5 minutes for the app to start
 	t.Logf("Waiting for app %s to start...", appName)
-	err = eveNode.AppWaitForRunningState(appName, 60*5)
+	err = eveNode.AppWaitForRunningState(appName, appWait)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to wait for app to start: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	t.Logf("Waiting for ssh to be ready...")
-	err = eveNode.AppWaitForSSH(appName, 60*5)
+	err = eveNode.AppWaitForSSH(appName, sshWait)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to wait for ssh: %v", err)
 	}