diff --git a/manifests/cockroachdb/cluster.yaml b/manifests/cockroachdb/cluster.yaml
index f7444c0067cc9c2c07b53c85d765bb81d1c20c05..b618c6f17c2e00b9ff74509955b060c67ea3d2cc 100644
--- a/manifests/cockroachdb/cluster.yaml
+++ b/manifests/cockroachdb/cluster.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ spec:
 # You can set either a version of the db or a specific image name
 # cockroachDBVersion: v22.2.0
   image:
-    name: cockroachdb/cockroach:v22.2.0
+    #name: cockroachdb/cockroach:v22.2.0
+    name: cockroachdb/cockroach:latest-v22.2
   # nodes refers to the number of crdb pods that are created
   # via the statefulset
   nodes: 3
diff --git a/manifests/cockroachdb/single-node.yaml b/manifests/cockroachdb/single-node.yaml
index 72454a0904fa70b6b4062dae8ef7e2e5d8625648..20d7e18c69a9eb75bcb70c9123455926d41eebc6 100644
--- a/manifests/cockroachdb/single-node.yaml
+++ b/manifests/cockroachdb/single-node.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: cockroachdb
         image: cockroachdb/cockroach:latest-v22.2
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
         - start-single-node
         ports: