diff --git a/internal/pkg/image/image.go b/internal/pkg/image/image.go
index ee1e78038..2316be56c 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/image/image.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/image/image.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import "os"
 
 // Default image constant variables.
 const (
-	DefaultNodeContainerImage                 = "storageos/node:1.5.3"
+	DefaultNodeContainerImage                 = "storageos/node:2.0.0-rc1"
 	DefaultInitContainerImage                 = "storageos/init:1.0.0"
 	CSIv1ClusterDriverRegistrarContainerImage = "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-cluster-driver-registrar:v1.0.1"
 	CSIv1NodeDriverRegistrarContainerImage    = "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-node-driver-registrar:v1.2.0"