diff --git a/redis/templates/test/_redis_test.sh.tpl b/redis/templates/test/_redis_test.sh.tpl
index dd633594a..b289ea947 100644
--- a/redis/templates/test/_redis_test.sh.tpl
+++ b/redis/templates/test/_redis_test.sh.tpl
@@ -6,7 +6,5 @@ echo "Print Environmental variables"
 echo $REDIS_HOST
 echo $REDIS_PORT
 echo $REDIS_DB
-apt-get update
-apt-get -y install python-pip
-yes w | pip install redis
+
 python /tmp/python-tests.py
diff --git a/redis/values.yaml b/redis/values.yaml
index 1792a2a80..463e8a274 100644
--- a/redis/values.yaml
+++ b/redis/values.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 images:
   tags:
     redis: docker.io/redis:4.0.1
-    helm_tests: docker.io/ubuntu
+    helm_tests: docker.io/redislabs/redis-py:latest
     dep_check: quay.io/stackanetes/kubernetes-entrypoint:v0.3.1
     image_repo_sync: docker.io/docker:17.07.0
   pull_policy: IfNotPresent