diff --git a/charts/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/templates/nfd/manifests/node-feature-discovery-configmap.yaml b/charts/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/templates/nfd/manifests/node-feature-discovery-configmap.yaml
index 95317be55..1ba1182cd 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/templates/nfd/manifests/node-feature-discovery-configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/templates/nfd/manifests/node-feature-discovery-configmap.yaml
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ data:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.uid
-            image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.16.4
+            image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.16.4-minimal
             imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
             livenessProbe:
               grpc:
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ data:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-            image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.16.4
+            image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.16.4-minimal
             imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
             livenessProbe:
               grpc:
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ data:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-            image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.16.4
+            image: registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.16.4-minimal
             imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
             name: gc
             ports:
diff --git a/hack/addons/kustomize/nfd/kustomization.yaml.tmpl b/hack/addons/kustomize/nfd/kustomization.yaml.tmpl
index 34b566a15..4a2221bc5 100644
--- a/hack/addons/kustomize/nfd/kustomization.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/hack/addons/kustomize/nfd/kustomization.yaml.tmpl
@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@ helmCharts:
   skipTests: true
   skipHooks: true
   namespace: node-feature-discovery
+  valuesInline:
+    image:
+      tag: v${NODE_FEATURE_DISCOVERY_VERSION}-minimal
 
 namespace: node-feature-discovery