diff --git a/operator/deploy/deployOperator.yaml b/operator/deploy/deployOperator.yaml
index e7274216a7ef97e29d63d358ae78105809ae6694..5169979f7624d5581c34a5d1177d4b3405e741b6 100644
--- a/operator/deploy/deployOperator.yaml
+++ b/operator/deploy/deployOperator.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - image: lewisfelix24/l2sm-operator:latest
         name: l2sm-opt-pod
-      - image: mysql/mysql-server:latest
+      - image: mysql/mysql-server:5.7
         name: mysql
         env:
           - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD