diff --git a/tools/init-runonce b/tools/init-runonce
index 5f18a377d1..e3336a43d3 100755
--- a/tools/init-runonce
+++ b/tools/init-runonce
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ fi
 # to be created.
 
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
+CIRROS_RELEASE=0.6.0
 IMAGE_PATH=/opt/cache/files/
-IMAGE_URL=https://github.com/cirros-dev/cirros/releases/download/0.5.1/
-IMAGE=cirros-0.5.1-${ARCH}-disk.img
+IMAGE_URL=https://github.com/cirros-dev/cirros/releases/download/${CIRROS_RELEASE}/
+IMAGE=cirros-${CIRROS_RELEASE}-${ARCH}-disk.img
 IMAGE_NAME=cirros
 IMAGE_TYPE=linux