diff --git a/cmd/nerdctl/container/container_run_test.go b/cmd/nerdctl/container/container_run_test.go
index d6d7f4a576f..d2e7ef79011 100644
--- a/cmd/nerdctl/container/container_run_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nerdctl/container/container_run_test.go
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ func TestRunWithLogBinary(t *testing.T) {
 	imageName := testutil.Identifier(t) + "-image"
 	containerName := testutil.Identifier(t)
 
-	const dockerfile = `
-FROM golang:latest as builder
+	var dockerfile = `
+FROM ` + testutil.GolangImage + ` as builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 RUN mkdir -p logger
 WORKDIR /go/src/logger
diff --git a/cmd/nerdctl/image/image_list_test.go b/cmd/nerdctl/image/image_list_test.go
index fceb83a0426..3b3772fe292 100644
--- a/cmd/nerdctl/image/image_list_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nerdctl/image/image_list_test.go
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ LABEL version=0.1`, testutil.CommonImage)
 	base.Cmd("build", "-t", tempName, "-f", buildCtx+"/Dockerfile", buildCtx).AssertOK()
 	defer base.Cmd("rmi", tempName).AssertOK()
 
-	busyboxGlibc, busyboxUclibc := "busybox:glibc", "busybox:uclibc"
-	base.Cmd("pull", busyboxGlibc).AssertOK()
-	defer base.Cmd("rmi", busyboxGlibc).AssertOK()
-
-	base.Cmd("pull", busyboxUclibc).AssertOK()
-	defer base.Cmd("rmi", busyboxUclibc).AssertOK()
+	// This test is about testing local filtering of image names - as such, we do not need remote images at all
+	taggedOne, taggedTwo := "taggedimage:xfoox", "taggedimage:yzfooyz"
+	base.Cmd("tag", testutil.CommonImage, taggedOne).Run()
+	base.Cmd("tag", testutil.CommonImage, taggedTwo).Run()
+	defer base.Cmd("rmi", taggedOne).AssertOK()
+	defer base.Cmd("rmi", taggedTwo).AssertOK()
 
 	// before/since filters are not compatible with DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1? (but still compatible with DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0)
 	if base.Target == testutil.Nerdctl {
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ LABEL version=0.1`, testutil.CommonImage)
 	base.Cmd("images", "--filter", "label=foo=bar", "--filter", "label=version=0.2").AssertOutNotContains(tempName)
 	base.Cmd("images", "--filter", "label=version").AssertOutContains(tempName)
 	base.Cmd("images", "--filter", fmt.Sprintf("reference=%s*", tempName)).AssertOutContains(tempName)
-	base.Cmd("images", "--filter", "reference=busy*:*libc*").AssertOutContains("glibc")
-	base.Cmd("images", "--filter", "reference=busy*:*libc*").AssertOutContains("uclibc")
+	base.Cmd("images", "--filter", "reference=tag*:*foo*").AssertOutContains("xfoox")
+	base.Cmd("images", "--filter", "reference=tag*:*foo*").AssertOutContains("yzfooyz")
 }
 
 func TestImagesFilterDangling(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/testutil/testutil_linux.go b/pkg/testutil/testutil_linux.go
index dce9431e021..8c0cca4fdc8 100644
--- a/pkg/testutil/testutil_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/testutil/testutil_linux.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var (
 	FluentdImage                = "fluent/fluentd:v1.17.0-debian-1.0"
 	KuboImage                   = mirrorOf("ipfs/kubo:v0.16.0")
 	SystemdImage                = "ghcr.io/containerd/stargz-snapshotter:0.15.1-kind"
+	GolangImage                 = mirrorOf("golang:1.18")
 
 	// Source: https://gist.github.com/cpuguy83/fcf3041e5d8fb1bb5c340915aabeebe0
 	NonDistBlobImage = "ghcr.io/cpuguy83/non-dist-blob:latest"
diff --git a/pkg/testutil/testutil_windows.go b/pkg/testutil/testutil_windows.go
index 54bf1e05b25..edf86ba9143 100644
--- a/pkg/testutil/testutil_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/testutil/testutil_windows.go
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ const (
 	NginxAlpineImage            = "registry.k8s.io/e2e-test-images/nginx:1.14-2"
 	NginxAlpineIndexHTMLSnippet = "<title>Welcome to nginx!</title>"
 
+	GolangImage = "fixme-test-using-this-image-is-disabled-on-windows"
+
 	// This error string is expected when attempting to connect to a TCP socket
 	// for a service which actively refuses the connection.
 	// (e.g. attempting to connect using http to an https endpoint).