diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/populate_instancegroup_spec.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/populate_instancegroup_spec.go
index 8d369933a6dc7..65395a21f4732 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/populate_instancegroup_spec.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/populate_instancegroup_spec.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const (
 	defaultMasterMachineTypeDO  = "s-2vcpu-4gb"
 	defaultMasterMachineTypeALI = "ecs.n2.medium"
 
-	defaultDONodeImage  = "debian-9-x64"
+	defaultDONodeImage  = "ubuntu-20-04-x64"
 	defaultALINodeImage = "centos_7_04_64_20G_alibase_201701015.vhd"
 )