diff --git a/pkg/volume/plugins.go b/pkg/volume/plugins.go
index f439187bf2a5d..1ec55d2392bb6 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/plugins.go
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ func NewPersistentVolumeRecyclerPodTemplate() *v1.Pod {
 			Containers: []v1.Container{
 				{
 					Name:    "pv-recycler",
-					Image:   "busybox:latest",
+					Image:   "busybox:1.27",
 					Command: []string{"/bin/sh"},
 					Args:    []string{"-c", "test -e /scrub && rm -rf /scrub/..?* /scrub/.[!.]* /scrub/*  && test -z \"$(ls -A /scrub)\" || exit 1"},
 					VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{