diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
index 290aab072210..6d443d05e57c 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 			t := time.Now()
 			glog.Infof("Starting extracting preloaded images to volume ...")
 			// Extract preloaded images to container
-			if err := oci.ExtractTarballToVolume(d.NodeConfig.OCIBinary, download.TarballPath(d.NodeConfig.KubernetesVersion, d.NodeConfig.ContainerRuntime), params.Name, BaseImage); err != nil {
+			if err := oci.ExtractTarballToVolume(d.NodeConfig.OCIBinary, download.TarballPath(d.NodeConfig.KubernetesVersion, d.NodeConfig.ContainerRuntime), params.Name, d.NodeConfig.ImageDigest); err != nil {
 				glog.Infof("Unable to extract preloaded tarball to volume: %v", err)
 			} else {
 				glog.Infof("duration metric: took %f seconds to extract preloaded images to volume", time.Since(t).Seconds())
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index fd7596f3261c..0c72538c00bf 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ const (
 var (
 	// BaseImage is the base image is used to spin up kic containers. it uses same base-image as kind.
 	BaseImage = fmt.Sprintf("gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:%s@sha256:%s", Version, baseImageSHA)
-	// BaseImageFallBack the fall back of BaseImage in case gcr.io is not available. stored in github packages https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/packages/206071
+
+	// BaseImageFallBack1 the fall back of BaseImage in case gcr.io is not available. stored in docker hub
+	// same image is push to https://github.com/kicbase/stable
+	BaseImageFallBack1 = fmt.Sprintf("kicbase/stable:%s@sha256:%s", Version, baseImageSHA)
+
+	// BaseImageFallBack2 the fall back of BaseImage in case gcr.io is not available. stored in github packages https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/packages/206071
 	// github packages docker does _NOT_ support pulling by sha as mentioned in the docs:
 	// https://help.github.com/en/packages/using-github-packages-with-your-projects-ecosystem/configuring-docker-for-use-with-github-packages
-	BaseImageFallBack = fmt.Sprintf("docker.pkg.github.com/kubernetes/minikube/kicbase:%s", Version)
+	BaseImageFallBack2 = fmt.Sprintf("docker.pkg.github.com/kubernetes/minikube/kicbase:%s", Version)
 )
 
 // Config is configuration for the kic driver used by registry
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
index 2de6f6a130b8..c8a413aa2f34 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
@@ -111,9 +111,13 @@ func beginDownloadKicArtifacts(g *errgroup.Group, cc *config.ClusterConfig) {
 				glog.Infof("Downloading %s to local daemon", cc.KicBaseImage)
 				err := image.WriteImageToDaemon(cc.KicBaseImage)
 				if err != nil {
-					glog.Infof("failed to download base-image %q will try to download the fallback base-image %q instead.", cc.KicBaseImage, kic.BaseImageFallBack)
-					cc.KicBaseImage = kic.BaseImageFallBack
-					return image.WriteImageToDaemon(kic.BaseImageFallBack)
+					glog.Infof("failed to download base-image %q will try to download the fallback base-image %q instead.", cc.KicBaseImage, kic.BaseImageFallBack1)
+					cc.KicBaseImage = kic.BaseImageFallBack1
+					if err := image.WriteImageToDaemon(kic.BaseImageFallBack1); err != nil {
+						cc.KicBaseImage = kic.BaseImageFallBack2
+						glog.Infof("failed to docker hub base-image %q will try to download the github packages base-image %q instead.", cc.KicBaseImage, kic.BaseImageFallBack2)
+						return image.WriteImageToDaemon(kic.BaseImageFallBack2)
+					}
 				}
 				return nil
 			})
diff --git a/test/integration/fn_mount_cmd.go b/test/integration/fn_mount_cmd.go
index 306fd5482ef0..129be9b526c8 100644
--- a/test/integration/fn_mount_cmd.go
+++ b/test/integration/fn_mount_cmd.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const (
 	createdByPodRemovedByTest = "created-by-pod-removed-by-test"
 )
 
-func validateMountCmd(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) { // nolint: cyclomatic complexity 31
+func validateMountCmd(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) { // nolint
 	if NoneDriver() {
 		t.Skip("skipping: none driver does not support mount")
 	}