diff --git a/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh b/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh
index 6eb1fbc9..38a17e9a 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ chmod a+x bin/regctl
 export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:${PATH}
 
 # calculate kernel version of latest image
-regctl image get-file ghcr.io/nvidia/driver:base-${BASE_TARGET}-${KERNEL_FLAVOR}-${DRIVER_BRANCH} /var/kernel_version.txt ./kernel_version.txt || true
+# regctl image get-file ghcr.io/nvidia/driver:base-${BASE_TARGET}-${KERNEL_FLAVOR}-${DRIVER_BRANCH} /var/kernel_version.txt ./kernel_version.txt || true
 if [[ -f ./kernel_version.txt && -s ./kernel_version.txt ]]; then
     # File exists and is not empty
     export $(grep -oP 'KERNEL_VERSION=[^ ]+' ./kernel_version.txt)