diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
index b5378ab2cf1e..255a0bbc5194 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
@@ -35,23 +35,15 @@ jobs:
         run: make -j2 gomoddownload
       - name: Build Docker Image
         run: |
-          make docker-otelcontribcol docker-telemetrygen
-      - name: export otelcontribcol image to tar
+          make docker-otelcontribcol
+      - name: export image to tar
         run: |
           docker save otelcontribcol:latest > /tmp/otelcontribcol.tar
-      - name: export telemetrygen image to tar
-        run: |
-          docker save telemetrygen:latest > /tmp/telemetrygen.tar
-      - name: Upload otelcontribcol artifact
+      - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: otelcontribcol
           path: /tmp/otelcontribcol.tar
-      - name: Upload telemetrygen artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: telemetrygen
-          path: /tmp/telemetrygen.tar
   kubernetes-test:
     env:
       KUBECONFIG: /tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing
@@ -89,23 +81,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: otelcontribcol
           path: /tmp
-      - name: Load otelcontribcol Docker image
+      - name: Load Docker image
         run: |
           docker load --input /tmp/otelcontribcol.tar
       - name: Kind load image
         run: |
           kind load docker-image otelcontribcol:latest --name kind
-      - name: Download artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: telemetrygen
-          path: /tmp
-      - name: Load telemetrygen Docker image
-        run: |
-          docker load --input /tmp/telemetrygen.tar
-      - name: Kind load image
-        run: |
-          kind load docker-image telemetrygen:latest --name kind
       - name: run k8sclusterreceiver e2e tests
         run: |
           cd receiver/k8sclusterreceiver
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go
index 2f92bbfd245d..11c7479f6e37 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/e2e_test.go
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ func newExpectedValue(mode int, value string) *expectedValue {
 // `/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing`. Run the following command prior to running the test locally:
 //
 //	kind create cluster --kubeconfig=/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing
-//	make docker-otelcontribcol docker-telemetrygen
+//	make docker-otelcontribcol
 //	KUBECONFIG=/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing kind load docker-image otelcontribcol:latest
-//	KUBECONFIG=/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing kind load docker-image telemetrygen:latest
 func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 	kubeConfig, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", testKubeConfig)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-traces-job"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-traces-statefulset"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-traces-deployment"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-traces-daemonset"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-metrics-job"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-metrics-statefulset"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-metrics-deployment"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-metrics-daemonset"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-logs-job"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-logs-statefulset"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -331,7 +330,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-logs-deployment"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
@@ -353,7 +352,7 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 				"k8s.labels.app":           newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen-"+testID+"-logs-daemonset"),
 				"k8s.container.name":       newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
 				"k8s.cluster.uid":          newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
-				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "telemetrygen"),
+				"container.image.name":     newExpectedValue(equal, "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen"),
 				"container.image.tag":      newExpectedValue(equal, "latest"),
 				"container.id":             newExpectedValue(exist, ""),
 			},
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/daemonset.yaml b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/daemonset.yaml
index 2e3ca11b31e2..d89d22c53878 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/daemonset.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ spec:
         - --rate=1
         - --otlp-attributes=service.name="test-{{ .DataType }}-daemonset"
         - --otlp-attributes=k8s.container.name="telemetrygen"
-        image: telemetrygen:latest
-        imagePullPolicy: Never
+        image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen:latest
         name: telemetrygen
       restartPolicy: Always
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/deployment.yaml b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/deployment.yaml
index 05ccc2c1601c..43cc0665d383 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/deployment.yaml
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/deployment.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
         - --rate=1
         - --otlp-attributes=service.name="test-{{ .DataType }}-deployment"
         - --otlp-attributes=k8s.container.name="telemetrygen"
-        image: telemetrygen:latest
-        imagePullPolicy: Never
+        image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: telemetrygen
       restartPolicy: Always
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/job.yaml b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/job.yaml
index 930fa8e9e3be..efedb1b7e8e1 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/job.yaml
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/job.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ spec:
         - --duration=36000s
         - --otlp-attributes=service.name="test-{{ .DataType }}-job"
         - --otlp-attributes=k8s.container.name="telemetrygen"
-        image: telemetrygen:latest
-        imagePullPolicy: Never
+        image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen:latest
         name: telemetrygen
-      restartPolicy: OnFailure
+      restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/statefulset.yaml b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/statefulset.yaml
index 395ca8918d87..b23c4e4ee508 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/testdata/e2e/telemetrygen/statefulset.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ spec:
         - --rate=1
         - --otlp-attributes=service.name="test-{{ .DataType }}-statefulset"
         - --otlp-attributes=k8s.container.name="telemetrygen"
-        image: "telemetrygen:latest"
-        imagePullPolicy: Never
+        image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/telemetrygen:latest
         name: telemetrygen
       restartPolicy: Always
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/e2e_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/e2e_test.go
index 299fc895f0e1..81d22a779cf2 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/e2e_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/e2e_test.go
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ const testKubeConfig = "/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing"
 // `/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing`. Run the following command prior to running the test locally:
 //
 //	kind create cluster --kubeconfig=/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing
-//	make docker-otelcontribcol docker-telemetrygen
+//	make docker-otelcontribcol
 //	KUBECONFIG=/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing kind load docker-image otelcontribcol:latest
-//	KUBECONFIG=/tmp/kube-config-otelcol-e2e-testing kind load docker-image telemetrygen:latest
 func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 	var expected pmetric.Metrics
 	expectedFile := filepath.Join("testdata", "e2e", "expected.yaml")