diff --git a/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/csi-gce-pd-controller-patch.yaml b/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/csi-gce-pd-controller-patch.yaml
index 04eba987..ba3d6266 100644
--- a/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/csi-gce-pd-controller-patch.yaml
+++ b/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/csi-gce-pd-controller-patch.yaml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ spec:
         role: master
       containers:
         - name: gce-pd-driver
-          # Latest available pushed image is v1.11.1
-          # https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/issues/1397
-          image: registry.k8s.io/cloud-provider-gcp/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver:v1.11.1
           # Delete the expected gcp credentials secret and mount
           env:
             - $patch: delete
@@ -30,6 +27,7 @@ spec:
             - $patch: delete
               name: cloud-sa-volume
               mountPath: "/etc/cloud-sa"
+        # Keeps upstream manifests and adds CrossNamespaceVolumeDataSource=true feature gate
         - name: csi-provisioner
           args:
             - --v=2
diff --git a/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/csi-gce-pd-node-patch.yaml b/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/csi-gce-pd-node-patch.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cb11ac2..00000000
--- a/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/csi-gce-pd-node-patch.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: DaemonSet
-metadata:
-  name: csi-gce-pd-node
-spec:
-  template:
-    spec:
-      containers:
-        - name: gce-pd-driver
-          # Latest available pushed image is v1.11.1
-          # https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/issues/1397
-          image: registry.k8s.io/cloud-provider-gcp/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver:v1.11.1
diff --git a/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/kustomization.yaml b/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/kustomization.yaml
index 24ccc44f..50456239 100644
--- a/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,14 +9,10 @@ namespace: kube-system
 # Use a commit ref instead of tag, as images do not follow tags in the repo
 #  manifests.
 resources:
-  # Using latest manifests version in time of this change, but will have to
-  # patch the image locally under csi-gce-pd-controller-patch.yaml to the
-  # latest version
-  - github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/deploy/kubernetes/overlays/stable-master?ref=18a713415b80584164803f26e904cc85c6274b45
+  - github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver/deploy/kubernetes/overlays/stable-master?ref=fda486201567e7fc99e12659708595195f426b50
 
 patches:
   - path: csi-gce-pd-controller-patch.yaml
-  - path: csi-gce-pd-node-patch.yaml
   - target:
       group: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
       version: v1