diff --git a/pkg/elemental/elemental.go b/pkg/elemental/elemental.go
index 8cf49f1b5db..cef5628fe78 100644
--- a/pkg/elemental/elemental.go
+++ b/pkg/elemental/elemental.go
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ func DeployRecoverySystem(cfg types.Config, img *types.Image) error {
 		kernel,
 		initrd,
 		filepath.Join(transientTree, cnst.GrubCfgPath, cnst.BootargsCfg),
-		filepath.Join(transientTree, cnst.LegacyGrubCfgPath, cnst.BootargsCfg),
 	} {
 		if exist, _ := utils.Exists(cfg.Fs, file); !exist {
 			cfg.Logger.Debugf("File '%s' not found, skipping", file)
diff --git a/pkg/features/embedded/grub-default-bootargs/etc/elemental/bootargs.cfg b/pkg/features/embedded/grub-default-bootargs/etc/elemental/bootargs.cfg
index 679f68326e2..b7fe95e2972 100644
--- a/pkg/features/embedded/grub-default-bootargs/etc/elemental/bootargs.cfg
+++ b/pkg/features/embedded/grub-default-bootargs/etc/elemental/bootargs.cfg
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ if [ -n "${img}" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "${mode}" == "recovery" ]; then
-  set kernelcmd="console=tty1 console=ttyS0 root=LABEL=${recovery_label} ${img_arg} elemental.mode=${mode} elemental.oemlabel=${oem_label} security=selinux enforcing=0 rd.neednet=0"
+  set kernelcmd="console=tty1 console=ttyS0 root=LABEL=${recovery_label} ${img_arg} elemental.mode=${mode} elemental.oemlabel=${oem_label} security=selinux enforcing=0 rd.neednet=1"
 else
   if [ "${snapshotter}" == "btrfs" ]; then
     set snap_arg="elemental.snapshotter=btrfs"
   fi
-  set kernelcmd="console=tty1 console=ttyS0 root=LABEL=${state_label} ${img_arg} ${snap_arg} elemental.mode=${mode} elemental.oemlabel=${oem_label} panic=5 security=selinux rd.neednet=0 fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes"
+  set kernelcmd="console=tty1 console=ttyS0 root=LABEL=${state_label} ${img_arg} ${snap_arg} elemental.mode=${mode} elemental.oemlabel=${oem_label} panic=5 security=selinux rd.neednet=1 fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes"
 fi
 
 set kernel=/boot/vmlinuz
diff --git a/tests/common/common.go b/tests/common/common.go
index 6f4649265bb..766bd18be3d 100644
--- a/tests/common/common.go
+++ b/tests/common/common.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 )
 
-const DefaultUpgradeImage = "ghcr.io/rancher/elemental-toolkit/elemental-green:v2.0.0"
-const DefaultToolkitImage = "ghcr.io/rancher/elemental-toolkit/elemental-cli:v2.0.0"
+const DefaultUpgradeImage = "ghcr.io/rancher/elemental-toolkit/elemental-green:v2.1.0"
+const DefaultToolkitImage = "ghcr.io/rancher/elemental-toolkit/elemental-cli:v2.1.0"
 
 var upgradeImage string
 var toolkitImage string