diff --git a/release/smoke-tests/README.md b/release/smoke-tests/README.md
index eea887aca0..43e523d262 100644
--- a/release/smoke-tests/README.md
+++ b/release/smoke-tests/README.md
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ You can also customize what it tests against. The `-i` parameter specifies a bas
 The values for `-t` are `opensearch-data-prepper` or `opensearch-data-prepper-jdk`.
 
 ```shell
-./release/smoke-tests/run-tarball-files-smoke-tests.sh -i openjdk:11 -t opensearch-data-prepper
-./release/smoke-tests/run-tarball-files-smoke-tests.sh -i openjdk:17 -t opensearch-data-prepper
+./release/smoke-tests/run-tarball-files-smoke-tests.sh -i eclipse-temurin:11 -t opensearch-data-prepper
+./release/smoke-tests/run-tarball-files-smoke-tests.sh -i eclipse-temurin:17 -t opensearch-data-prepper
 ./release/smoke-tests/run-tarball-files-smoke-tests.sh -i ubuntu:latest -t opensearch-data-prepper-jdk
 ```
 
diff --git a/release/smoke-tests/run-tarball-files-smoke-tests.sh b/release/smoke-tests/run-tarball-files-smoke-tests.sh
index 272705ef33..c7ab7db822 100755
--- a/release/smoke-tests/run-tarball-files-smoke-tests.sh
+++ b/release/smoke-tests/run-tarball-files-smoke-tests.sh
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fi
 
 if ! is_defined "${FROM_IMAGE}"
 then
-    export FROM_IMAGE="openjdk:11"
+    export FROM_IMAGE="eclipse-temurin:11"
 fi
 
 if ! is_defined "${TAR_NAME}"