diff --git a/tests/test-case-custom-image.yaml b/tests/test-case-custom-image.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a417a581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-case-custom-image.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+apiVersion: ray.io/v1
+kind: RayCluster
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: test-prefix
+  labels:
+    controller-tools.k8s.io: '1.0'
+    kueue.x-k8s.io/queue-name: local-queue-default
+    testlabel: test
+    testlabel2: test
+  name: unit-test-cluster-custom-image
+  namespace: ns
+spec:
+  autoscalerOptions:
+    idleTimeoutSeconds: 60
+    imagePullPolicy: Always
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: 500m
+        memory: 512Mi
+      requests:
+        cpu: 500m
+        memory: 512Mi
+    upscalingMode: Default
+  enableInTreeAutoscaling: false
+  headGroupSpec:
+    enableIngress: false
+    rayStartParams:
+      block: 'true'
+      dashboard-host: 0.0.0.0
+      num-gpus: '0'
+      resources: '"{}"'
+    serviceType: ClusterIP
+    template:
+      spec:
+        containers:
+        - image: quay.io/project-codeflare/ray:2.20.0-py39-cu118
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          lifecycle:
+            preStop:
+              exec:
+                command:
+                - /bin/sh
+                - -c
+                - ray stop
+          name: ray-head
+          ports:
+          - containerPort: 6379
+            name: gcs
+          - containerPort: 8265
+            name: dashboard
+          - containerPort: 10001
+            name: client
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 2
+              memory: 8G
+            requests:
+              cpu: 2
+              memory: 8G
+          volumeMounts:
+          - mountPath: /etc/pki/tls/certs/odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-trusted-ca-cert
+            subPath: odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+          - mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs/odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-trusted-ca-cert
+            subPath: odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+          - mountPath: /etc/pki/tls/certs/odh-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-ca-cert
+            subPath: odh-ca-bundle.crt
+          - mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs/odh-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-ca-cert
+            subPath: odh-ca-bundle.crt
+        imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: unit-test-pull-secret
+        volumes:
+        - configMap:
+            items:
+            - key: ca-bundle.crt
+              path: odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-trusted-ca-bundle
+            optional: true
+          name: odh-trusted-ca-cert
+        - configMap:
+            items:
+            - key: odh-ca-bundle.crt
+              path: odh-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-trusted-ca-bundle
+            optional: true
+          name: odh-ca-cert
+  rayVersion: 2.23.0
+  workerGroupSpecs:
+  - groupName: small-group-unit-test-cluster-custom-image
+    maxReplicas: 2
+    minReplicas: 2
+    rayStartParams:
+      block: 'true'
+      num-gpus: '7'
+      resources: '"{}"'
+    replicas: 2
+    template:
+      metadata:
+        annotations:
+          key: value
+        labels:
+          key: value
+      spec:
+        containers:
+        - image: quay.io/project-codeflare/ray:2.20.0-py39-cu118
+          lifecycle:
+            preStop:
+              exec:
+                command:
+                - /bin/sh
+                - -c
+                - ray stop
+          name: machine-learning
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 4
+              memory: 6G
+              nvidia.com/gpu: 7
+            requests:
+              cpu: 3
+              memory: 5G
+              nvidia.com/gpu: 7
+          volumeMounts:
+          - mountPath: /etc/pki/tls/certs/odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-trusted-ca-cert
+            subPath: odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+          - mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs/odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-trusted-ca-cert
+            subPath: odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+          - mountPath: /etc/pki/tls/certs/odh-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-ca-cert
+            subPath: odh-ca-bundle.crt
+          - mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs/odh-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-ca-cert
+            subPath: odh-ca-bundle.crt
+        imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: unit-test-pull-secret
+        volumes:
+        - configMap:
+            items:
+            - key: ca-bundle.crt
+              path: odh-trusted-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-trusted-ca-bundle
+            optional: true
+          name: odh-trusted-ca-cert
+        - configMap:
+            items:
+            - key: odh-ca-bundle.crt
+              path: odh-ca-bundle.crt
+            name: odh-trusted-ca-bundle
+            optional: true
+          name: odh-ca-cert
diff --git a/tests/unit_test.py b/tests/unit_test.py
index bb14d2b20..2709894ec 100644
--- a/tests/unit_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit_test.py
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ def test_config_creation():
     assert config.worker_cpu_requests == 3 and config.worker_cpu_limits == 4
     assert config.worker_memory_requests == "5G" and config.worker_memory_limits == "6G"
     assert config.worker_extended_resource_requests == {"nvidia.com/gpu": 7}
-    assert config.image == "quay.io/rhoai/ray:2.23.0-py39-cu121"
     assert config.template == f"{parent}/src/codeflare_sdk/templates/base-template.yaml"
     assert config.machine_types == ["cpu.small", "gpu.large"]
     assert config.image_pull_secrets == ["unit-test-pull-secret"]
@@ -415,7 +414,6 @@ def test_cluster_creation_no_mcad_local_queue(mocker):
         worker_extended_resource_requests={"nvidia.com/gpu": 7},
         machine_types=["cpu.small", "gpu.large"],
         image_pull_secrets=["unit-test-pull-secret"],
-        image="quay.io/rhoai/ray:2.23.0-py39-cu121",
         write_to_file=True,
         appwrapper=False,
         local_queue="local-queue-default",
@@ -443,7 +441,6 @@ def test_default_cluster_creation(mocker):
     )
     default_config = ClusterConfiguration(
         name="unit-test-default-cluster",
-        image="quay.io/rhoai/ray:2.23.0-py39-cu121",
         appwrapper=True,
     )
     cluster = Cluster(default_config)
@@ -459,6 +456,61 @@ def test_default_cluster_creation(mocker):
     assert cluster.config.namespace == "opendatahub"
 
 
+def test_cluster_creation_with_custom_image(mocker):
+    # With written resources
+    # Create Ray Cluster with local queue specified
+    mocker.patch("kubernetes.client.ApisApi.get_api_versions")
+    mocker.patch(
+        "kubernetes.client.CustomObjectsApi.get_cluster_custom_object",
+        return_value={"spec": {"domain": "apps.cluster.awsroute.org"}},
+    )
+    mocker.patch(
+        "kubernetes.client.CustomObjectsApi.list_namespaced_custom_object",
+        return_value=get_local_queue("kueue.x-k8s.io", "v1beta1", "ns", "localqueues"),
+    )
+    mocker.patch("os.environ.get", return_value="test-prefix")
+    config = createClusterConfig()
+    config.name = "unit-test-cluster-custom-image"
+    config.appwrapper = False
+    config.image = "quay.io/project-codeflare/ray:2.20.0-py39-cu118"
+    config.local_queue = "local-queue-default"
+    config.labels = {"testlabel": "test", "testlabel2": "test"}
+    cluster = Cluster(config)
+    assert cluster.app_wrapper_yaml == f"{aw_dir}unit-test-cluster-custom-image.yaml"
+    assert cluster.app_wrapper_name == "unit-test-cluster-custom-image"
+    assert filecmp.cmp(
+        f"{aw_dir}unit-test-cluster-custom-image.yaml",
+        f"{parent}/tests/test-case-custom-image.yaml",
+        shallow=True,
+    )
+    # With resources loaded in memory
+    config = ClusterConfiguration(
+        name="unit-test-cluster-custom-image",
+        namespace="ns",
+        num_workers=2,
+        worker_cpu_requests=3,
+        worker_cpu_limits=4,
+        worker_memory_requests=5,
+        worker_memory_limits=6,
+        worker_extended_resource_requests={"nvidia.com/gpu": 7},
+        machine_types=["cpu.small", "gpu.large"],
+        image_pull_secrets=["unit-test-pull-secret"],
+        image="quay.io/project-codeflare/ray:2.20.0-py39-cu118",
+        write_to_file=True,
+        appwrapper=False,
+        local_queue="local-queue-default",
+        labels={"testlabel": "test", "testlabel2": "test"},
+    )
+    cluster = Cluster(config)
+    assert cluster.app_wrapper_yaml == f"{aw_dir}unit-test-cluster-custom-image.yaml"
+    assert cluster.app_wrapper_name == "unit-test-cluster-custom-image"
+    assert filecmp.cmp(
+        f"{aw_dir}unit-test-cluster-custom-image.yaml",
+        f"{parent}/tests/test-case-custom-image.yaml",
+        shallow=True,
+    )
+
+
 def test_gen_names_with_name(mocker):
     mocker.patch.object(
         uuid, "uuid4", return_value=uuid.UUID("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001")
@@ -792,7 +844,6 @@ def test_ray_job_wrapping(mocker):
         return_value=get_local_queue("kueue.x-k8s.io", "v1beta1", "ns", "localqueues"),
     )
     cluster = cluster = createClusterWithConfig(mocker)
-    cluster.config.image = "quay.io/rhoai/ray:2.23.0-py39-cu121"
     mocker.patch(
         "ray.job_submission.JobSubmissionClient._check_connection_and_version_with_url",
         return_value="None",
@@ -910,7 +961,6 @@ def test_ray_details(mocker, capsys):
         ClusterConfiguration(
             name="raytest2",
             namespace="ns",
-            image="quay.io/rhoai/ray:2.23.0-py39-cu121",
             write_to_file=True,
             appwrapper=True,
             local_queue="local_default_queue",
@@ -2313,7 +2363,6 @@ def test_cluster_status(mocker):
         ClusterConfiguration(
             name="test",
             namespace="ns",
-            image="quay.io/rhoai/ray:2.23.0-py39-cu121",
             write_to_file=True,
             appwrapper=True,
             local_queue="local_default_queue",
@@ -2408,7 +2457,6 @@ def test_wait_ready(mocker, capsys):
         ClusterConfiguration(
             name="test",
             namespace="ns",
-            image="quay.io/rhoai/ray:2.23.0-py39-cu121",
             write_to_file=True,
             appwrapper=True,
             local_queue="local-queue-default",
@@ -2635,7 +2683,6 @@ def throw_if_getting_raycluster(group, version, namespace, plural):
     cluster = Cluster(
         ClusterConfiguration(
             "test_cluster",
-            image="quay.io/rhoai/ray:2.23.0-py39-cu121",
             write_to_file=False,
         )
     )
diff --git a/tests/unit_test_support.py b/tests/unit_test_support.py
index 25e206c52..9fcdd5a5e 100644
--- a/tests/unit_test_support.py
+++ b/tests/unit_test_support.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ def createClusterConfig():
         appwrapper=True,
         machine_types=["cpu.small", "gpu.large"],
         image_pull_secrets=["unit-test-pull-secret"],
-        image="quay.io/rhoai/ray:2.23.0-py39-cu121",
         write_to_file=True,
     )
     return config