diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-conformance-hcp.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-conformance-hcp.yaml
index c7e61c59..bf97b09a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-conformance-hcp.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-conformance-hcp.yaml
@@ -94,12 +94,15 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup K3k (from source)
       if: inputs.k3k_version == ''
       run: |
-        export REPO=ttl.sh/$(uuidgen)
-        export VERSION=1h
+        export REPO=k3k.local
 
         make build
         make package
-        make push
+        make save
+
+        # Import straight into the node's containerd
+        sudo k3s ctr images import k3k-images.tar
+
         make install
 
         # add k3kcli to $PATH
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-conformance-virtual.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-conformance-virtual.yaml
index ed9814db..6b998ae1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-conformance-virtual.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-conformance-virtual.yaml
@@ -94,12 +94,15 @@ jobs:
       env:
         KUBECONFIG: /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
       run: |
-        export REPO=ttl.sh/$(uuidgen)
-        export VERSION=1h
+        export REPO=k3k.local
 
         make build
         make package
-        make push
+        make save
+
+        # Import straight into the node's containerd
+        sudo k3s ctr images import k3k-images.tar
+
         make install
 
         # add k3kcli to $PATH
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml
index 9db4355e..b0b56859 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
         echo "COVERAGE=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "GOCOVERDIR=${{ github.workspace }}/covdata" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "REPO=ttl.sh/$(uuidgen)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "VERSION=1h" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "REPO=k3k.local" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "K3S_HOST_VERSION=${{ env.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}+k3s1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Install k3s
@@ -100,22 +99,30 @@ jobs:
           done
         '
 
-    - name: Build and package and push dev images
+    - name: Build and package and import dev images
       env:
         KUBECONFIG: /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
-        REPO: ${{ env.REPO }}
-        VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
       run: |
         make build
         make package
-        make push
+        make save
+
+        # Import straight into each node's containerd
+        sudo k3s ctr images import k3k-images.tar
+
+        # The worker VMs have no checkout, so import there directly
+        for i in 1 2; do
+          IP="192.168.100.1${i}"
+          scp -i ./id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no k3k-images.tar ubuntu@${IP}:/tmp/
+          ssh -i ./id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ubuntu@${IP} \
+            "sudo k3s ctr images import /tmp/k3k-images.tar && rm -f /tmp/k3k-images.tar"
+        done
+
         make install
 
     - name: Run e2e tests
       env:
         KUBECONFIG: /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
-        REPO: ${{ env.REPO }}
-        VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
       run: make E2E_LABEL_FILTER="${{ matrix.label-filter }}" test-e2e
 
     - name: Convert coverage data
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 6aaae0a5..535b0290 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
         echo "COVERAGE=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "GOCOVERDIR=${{ github.workspace }}/covdata" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "REPO=ttl.sh/$(uuidgen)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "VERSION=1h" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "REPO=k3k.local" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "K3S_HOST_VERSION=${{ env.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}+k3s1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Install k3s
@@ -71,11 +70,15 @@ jobs:
 
         echo "KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-    - name: Build and package and push dev images
+    - name: Build and package and import dev images
       run: |
         make build
         make package
-        make push
+        make save
+
+        # Import straight into the node's containerd
+        sudo k3s ctr images import k3k-images.tar
+
         make install
 
         # add k3kcli to $PATH
@@ -88,8 +91,6 @@ jobs:
       env:
         K3S_HOST_VERSION: "${{ env.K3S_HOST_VERSION }}"
         KUBECONFIG: /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
-        REPO: ${{ env.REPO }}
-        VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
       run: make test-cli
 
     - name: Convert coverage data
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1b06b67..c41133b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ REPO ?= rancher
 COVERAGE ?= false
 VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty --match="v[0-9]*")
 
+IMAGE_ARCHIVE ?= k3k-images.tar
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := v2.12.2
@@ -60,6 +62,10 @@ push-%:
 	docker push $(REPO)/$*:latest
 	docker push $(REPO)/$*:dev
 
+.PHONY: save
+save:	## Save the k3k and k3k-kubelet images to a tar archive, to import them without a registry
+	docker save -o $(IMAGE_ARCHIVE) $(REPO)/k3k:$(VERSION) $(REPO)/k3k-kubelet:$(VERSION)
+
 .PHONY: test
 test:	## Run all the tests
 	$(GINKGO) $(GINKGO_FLAGS) --label-filter=$(label-filter)