diff --git a/tests/integration/test_backward_compatibility/test_short_strings_aggregation.py b/tests/integration/test_backward_compatibility/test_short_strings_aggregation.py
index 8fe2ff6f13ce..97ee2b01c3f1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_backward_compatibility/test_short_strings_aggregation.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_backward_compatibility/test_short_strings_aggregation.py
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 node1 = cluster.add_instance(
     "node1",
     with_zookeeper=False,
+    # NOTE(vnemkov): here and below upstream uses clickhouse/clickhouse-server:24.1,
+    # the first Altinity Stable release after that was 24.3.5.47.altinitystable
     image="altinity/clickhouse-server",
-    tag="24.1" if is_arm() else CLICKHOUSE_CI_MIN_TESTED_VERSION,
+    tag="24.3.5.47.altinitystable" if is_arm() else CLICKHOUSE_CI_MIN_TESTED_VERSION,
     stay_alive=True,
     with_installed_binary=True,
 )
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@
     "node2",
     with_zookeeper=False,
     image="altinity/clickhouse-server",
-    tag="24.1" if is_arm() else CLICKHOUSE_CI_MIN_TESTED_VERSION,
+    tag="24.3.5.47.altinitystable" if is_arm() else CLICKHOUSE_CI_MIN_TESTED_VERSION,
     stay_alive=True,
     with_installed_binary=True,
 )