diff --git a/tests/e2e/docker/hermes.Dockerfile b/tests/e2e/docker/hermes.Dockerfile
index 54795ef313a..75f1329d026 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/docker/hermes.Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/docker/hermes.Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-FROM informalsystems/hermes:1.3.0 AS hermes-builder
+FROM informalsystems/hermes:1.5.1 AS hermes-builder
 
-FROM debian:buster-slim
+FROM debian:buster
 USER root
 
-COPY --chown=0:0 --from=hermes-builder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1
-COPY --chown=0:0 --from=hermes-builder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1
 COPY --from=hermes-builder /usr/bin/hermes /usr/local/bin/
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/hermes