diff --git a/heat_integrationtests/cleanup_test_env.sh b/heat_integrationtests/cleanup_test_env.sh
index 54dabc461f..a62e00339f 100755
--- a/heat_integrationtests/cleanup_test_env.sh
+++ b/heat_integrationtests/cleanup_test_env.sh
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ openstack flavor delete m1.heat_int
 openstack flavor delete m1.heat_micro
 
 # delete the image created
-openstack image delete Fedora-Cloud-Base-24-1.2.x86_64
+openstack image delete Fedora-Cloud-Base-26-1.5.x86_64
diff --git a/heat_integrationtests/pre_test_hook.sh b/heat_integrationtests/pre_test_hook.sh
index cabbbcb251..20aec24d17 100755
--- a/heat_integrationtests/pre_test_hook.sh
+++ b/heat_integrationtests/pre_test_hook.sh
@@ -44,8 +44,15 @@ echo -e '[[post-config|$NOVA_CONF]]\n[DEFAULT]\n' >> $localconf
 echo -e 'quota_driver=nova.quota.NoopQuotaDriver\n' >> $localconf
 
 echo "[[local|localrc]]" >> $localconf
-# Create the images required for testing
-echo "IMAGE_URLS+=http://fedora.bhs.mirrors.ovh.net/linux/releases/24/CloudImages/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-24-1.2.x86_64.qcow2" >> $localconf
+
+# NOTE(mnaser): This will use the region local mirrors to avoid going out
+#               to network
+if [[ -e /etc/ci/mirror_info.sh ]]; then
+	source /etc/ci/mirror_info.sh
+	echo "IMAGE_URLS+=${NODEPOOL_FEDORA_MIRROR}/releases/26/CloudImages/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-26-1.5.x86_64.qcow2" >> $localconf
+else
+	echo "IMAGE_URLS+=https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/26/CloudImages/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-26-1.5.x86_64.qcow2" >> $localconf
+fi
 
 echo "CEILOMETER_PIPELINE_INTERVAL=60" >> $localconf
 echo "HEAT_ENABLE_ADOPT_ABANDON=True" >> $localconf
diff --git a/heat_integrationtests/prepare_test_env.sh b/heat_integrationtests/prepare_test_env.sh
index c266cf4a28..b8c9a787b6 100755
--- a/heat_integrationtests/prepare_test_env.sh
+++ b/heat_integrationtests/prepare_test_env.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ iniset $conf_file heat_plugin minimal_instance_type m1.heat_micro
 openstack flavor create m1.heat_int --ram 512
 openstack flavor create m1.heat_micro --ram 128
 
-iniset $conf_file heat_plugin image_ref Fedora-Cloud-Base-24-1.2.x86_64
+iniset $conf_file heat_plugin image_ref Fedora-Cloud-Base-26-1.5.x86_64
 iniset $conf_file heat_plugin boot_config_env $DEST/heat-templates/hot/software-config/boot-config/test_image_env.yaml
 iniset $conf_file heat_plugin heat_config_notify_script $DEST/heat-templates/hot/software-config/elements/heat-config/bin/heat-config-notify
 iniset $conf_file heat_plugin minimal_image_ref cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-disk