diff --git a/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go b/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go
index 4d452a39ed..61cd064e92 100644
--- a/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/exposer/csi_snapshot.go
@@ -366,9 +366,8 @@ func (e *csiSnapshotExposer) createBackupPod(ctx context.Context, ownerObject co
 			Containers: []corev1.Container{
 				{
 					Name:            podName,
-					Image:           "alpine:latest",
+					Image:           "gcr.io/google_containers/pause:latest",
 					ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,
-					Command:         []string{"sleep", "infinity"},
 					VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{{
 						Name:      backupPVC.Name,
 						MountPath: "/" + backupPVC.Name,
diff --git a/pkg/exposer/generic_restore.go b/pkg/exposer/generic_restore.go
index f11ac27c85..1b3ba245ef 100644
--- a/pkg/exposer/generic_restore.go
+++ b/pkg/exposer/generic_restore.go
@@ -272,9 +272,8 @@ func (e *genericRestoreExposer) createRestorePod(ctx context.Context, ownerObjec
 			Containers: []corev1.Container{
 				{
 					Name:            restorePodName,
-					Image:           "alpine:latest",
+					Image:           "gcr.io/google_containers/pause:latest",
 					ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,
-					Command:         []string{"sleep", "infinity"},
 					VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{{
 						Name:      restorePVCName,
 						MountPath: "/" + restorePVCName,