diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py
index 9bf77eb2ecbe..354c2f127cfa 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/build_jobs.py
@@ -816,8 +816,12 @@ def generate_network_plugins():
         k8s_version = 'stable'
         if plugin == 'weave':
             k8s_version = '1.22'
+        distro = 'u2204'
+        if plugin == 'amazon-vpc':
+            distro = 'u2004'
         results.append(
             build_test(
+                distro=distro,
                 k8s_version=k8s_version,
                 kops_channel='alpha',
                 name_override=f"kops-aws-cni-{plugin}",
@@ -1005,7 +1009,9 @@ def generate_presubmits_network_plugins():
         k8s_version = 'stable'
         networking_arg = plugin
         optional = False
+        distro = 'u2204'
         if plugin == 'amazonvpc':
+            distro = 'u2004'
             optional = True
         if plugin == 'kuberouter':
             networking_arg = 'kube-router'
@@ -1013,6 +1019,7 @@ def generate_presubmits_network_plugins():
             k8s_version = '1.22'
         results.append(
             presubmit_test(
+                distro=distro,
                 k8s_version=k8s_version,
                 kops_channel='alpha',
                 name=f"pull-kops-e2e-cni-{plugin}",
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-network-plugins.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-network-plugins.yaml
index f31ff382e1ec..2ca306e30e5b 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-network-plugins.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-network-plugins.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 9 jobs, total of 189 runs per week
 periodics:
 
-# {"cloud": "aws", "container_runtime": "containerd", "distro": "u2204", "extra_flags": "--node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "k8s_version": "stable", "kops_channel": "alpha", "kops_version": null, "networking": "amazonvpc"}
+# {"cloud": "aws", "container_runtime": "containerd", "distro": "u2004", "extra_flags": "--node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "k8s_version": "stable", "kops_channel": "alpha", "kops_version": null, "networking": "amazonvpc"}
 - name: e2e-kops-aws-cni-amazon-vpc
   cron: '15 3-23/8 * * *'
   labels:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20221101.1' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --container-runtime=containerd --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20221018' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --container-runtime=containerd --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/kops-ci/bin/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ periodics:
   annotations:
     test.kops.k8s.io/cloud: aws
     test.kops.k8s.io/container_runtime: containerd
-    test.kops.k8s.io/distro: u2204
+    test.kops.k8s.io/distro: u2004
     test.kops.k8s.io/extra_flags: --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery
     test.kops.k8s.io/k8s_version: stable
     test.kops.k8s.io/kops_channel: alpha
     test.kops.k8s.io/kops_version: ''
     test.kops.k8s.io/networking: amazonvpc
-    testgrid-dashboards: google-aws, kops-distro-u2204, kops-k8s-stable, kops-latest, kops-network-plugins, sig-cluster-lifecycle-kops
+    testgrid-dashboards: google-aws, kops-distro-u2004, kops-k8s-stable, kops-latest, kops-network-plugins, sig-cluster-lifecycle-kops
     testgrid-days-of-results: '90'
     testgrid-tab-name: kops-aws-cni-amazon-vpc
 
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-network-plugins.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-network-plugins.yaml
index 237b174bfa18..bbbcc2b20a2b 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-network-plugins.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-network-plugins.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 presubmits:
   kubernetes/kops:
 
-# {"cloud": "aws", "container_runtime": "containerd", "distro": "u2204", "extra_flags": "--node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "k8s_version": "stable", "kops_channel": "alpha", "networking": "amazonvpc"}
+# {"cloud": "aws", "container_runtime": "containerd", "distro": "u2004", "extra_flags": "--node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery", "k8s_version": "stable", "kops_channel": "alpha", "networking": "amazonvpc"}
   - name: pull-kops-e2e-cni-amazonvpc
     branches:
     - master
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20221101.1' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --container-runtime=containerd --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='099720109477/ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-20221018' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --container-runtime=containerd --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ presubmits:
     annotations:
       test.kops.k8s.io/cloud: aws
       test.kops.k8s.io/container_runtime: containerd
-      test.kops.k8s.io/distro: u2204
+      test.kops.k8s.io/distro: u2004
       test.kops.k8s.io/extra_flags: --node-size=t3.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery
       test.kops.k8s.io/k8s_version: stable
       test.kops.k8s.io/kops_channel: alpha