diff --git a/cluster/core/resource-control/vpa/old/recommender-deployment.yaml b/cluster/core/resource-control/vpa/old/recommender-deployment.yaml
index ff3851eb1..800a89c31 100644
--- a/cluster/core/resource-control/vpa/old/recommender-deployment.yaml
+++ b/cluster/core/resource-control/vpa/old/recommender-deployment.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
       - name: recommender
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:0.12.0
+        image: registry\.k8s\.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:0.12.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         resources:
           limits: