diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto-template.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto-template.yaml
index 3caee991..3dae646d 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto-template.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto-template.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      repository: spring-cloud/stream-applications
       image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       priorityClassName: high-priority
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto.yaml
index 66632819..1609652a 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      repository: spring-cloud/stream-applications
       image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       priorityClassName: high-priority
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large-template.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large-template.yaml
index 58c2ebcd..bd927493 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large-template.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large-template.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      repository: spring-cloud/stream-applications
       image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       priorityClassName: high-priority
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large.yaml
index 250ff890..4492d153 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      repository: spring-cloud/stream-applications
       image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       priorityClassName: high-priority
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual-template.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual-template.yaml
index 2dff03a7..0ce19559 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual-template.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual-template.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ spec:
   replicas: replicas-placeholder
   template:
     spec:
+      repository: spring-cloud/stream-applications
       image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
       priorityClassName: high-priority
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual.yaml
index 5f80fc8f..7b442581 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ spec:
   replicas: 2
   template:
     spec:
+      repository: spring-cloud/stream-applications
       image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
       priorityClassName: high-priority
diff --git a/scripts/large-runners.sh b/scripts/large-runners.sh
index 317c0b00..7362c12d 100755
--- a/scripts/large-runners.sh
+++ b/scripts/large-runners.sh
@@ -55,5 +55,6 @@ echo "Runners: Max runners to $MAX_RUNNERS"
 echo "Runners: changing scaling min: $TARGET, max: $MAX_RUNNERS"
 sed -i 's/max-replicas-placeholder/'"$MAX_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 sed -i 's/min-replicas-placeholder/'"$TARGET"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
+kubectl apply -f runners-stream-ci.yaml
 rm -f runners-stream-ci.yaml
 $SCDIR/check-runners.sh