diff --git a/test/setup-kubernetes.sh b/test/setup-kubernetes.sh
index b9a3db1d0..66fe02580 100755
--- a/test/setup-kubernetes.sh
+++ b/test/setup-kubernetes.sh
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ kubectl version
 
 ${TEST_CONFIGURE_POST_MASTER}
 
-kubectl apply -f "https://cloud.weave.works/k8s/net?k8s-version=$(kubectl version | base64 | tr -d '\n')"
+kubectl apply -f https://github.com/weaveworks/weave/releases/download/v2.8.1/weave-daemonset-k8s.yaml
 
 # Install addon storage CRDs, needed if certain feature gates are enabled.
 # Only applicable to Kubernetes 1.13 and older. 1.14 will have them as builtin APIs.