diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-notebooks-TEMPLATE.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-notebooks-TEMPLATE.yaml
index 2c988a355..367c2933b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-notebooks-TEMPLATE.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-notebooks-TEMPLATE.yaml
@@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ jobs:
         id: have-tests
         run: "ci/cached-builds/has_tests.py --target ${{ inputs.target }}"
 
+      - name: "Change pull policy to IfNotPresent"
+        run: |
+          set -Eeuxo pipefail
+
+          find . -name "statefulset.yaml" -type f -exec \
+            sed -i'' 's/imagePullPolicy: Always/imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent/g' {} \;
+          git diff
+
       # https://cri-o.io/
       - name: Install cri-o
         if: ${{ steps.have-tests.outputs.tests == 'true' }}