diff --git a/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-elasticity.yaml b/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-elasticity.yaml
index 76a9a16be7e..e2fcf01623a 100644
--- a/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-elasticity.yaml
+++ b/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-elasticity.yaml
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ print_kernel_callstack: true
 
 store_perf_results: true
 email_recipients: ["scylla-perf-results@scylladb.com"]
-use_prepared_loaders: true
+use_prepared_loaders: false
 use_hdr_cs_histogram: true
 email_subject_postfix: 'elasticity test'
 nemesis_double_load_during_grow_shrink_duration: 30
 parallel_node_operations: true
+stress_image:
+  cassandra-stress: 'scylladb/cassandra-stress:3.17.0'
diff --git a/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-upgrade.yaml b/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-upgrade.yaml
index 3b0fb7eb7b8..a954d0fec2d 100644
--- a/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-upgrade.yaml
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ print_kernel_callstack: true
 
 store_perf_results: true
 email_recipients: ["scylla-perf-results@scylladb.com"]
-use_prepared_loaders: true
+use_prepared_loaders: false
 use_hdr_cs_histogram: true
 use_placement_group: true
 email_subject_postfix: 'latency during upgrades'
+stress_image:
+  cassandra-stress: 'scylladb/cassandra-stress:3.17.0'
 
 cluster_health_check: false
diff --git a/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-with-nemesis.yaml b/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-with-nemesis.yaml
index 619f69e34a4..71e06e6e76e 100644
--- a/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-with-nemesis.yaml
+++ b/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-latency-650gb-with-nemesis.yaml
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ print_kernel_callstack: true
 
 store_perf_results: true
 email_recipients: ["scylla-perf-results@scylladb.com"]
-use_prepared_loaders: true
+use_prepared_loaders: false
 use_hdr_cs_histogram: true
 use_placement_group: true
 use_capacity_reservation: true
 email_subject_postfix: 'latency during operations'
+stress_image:
+  cassandra-stress: 'scylladb/cassandra-stress:3.17.0'
diff --git a/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-predefined-throughput-steps.yaml b/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-predefined-throughput-steps.yaml
index 7be1596ac1b..e3d7053c2ce 100644
--- a/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-predefined-throughput-steps.yaml
+++ b/test-cases/performance/perf-regression-predefined-throughput-steps.yaml
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ append_scylla_yaml:
 use_placement_group: true
 use_prepared_loaders: false
 stress_image:
-  cassandra-stress: 'scylladb/cassandra-stress:3.13.0'
+  cassandra-stress: 'scylladb/cassandra-stress:3.17.0'