diff --git a/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu_update.sh b/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu_update.sh
index 1ce875f684..c9ea294461 100755
--- a/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu_update.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu_update.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,23 @@ if [ -f tmp/flatcar_production_image_previous.bin ] ; then
 else
     echo "++++ ${CIA_TESTSCRIPT}: downloading flatcar_production_image_previous.bin from previous ${CIA_CHANNEL} ++++"
     rm -f tmp/flatcar_production_image_previous.bin.bz2
-    curl -fsSLO --retry-delay 1 --retry 60 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 60 --connect-timeout 20 "https://${CIA_CHANNEL}.release.flatcar-linux.net/${CIA_ARCH}-usr/current/flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2"
+    SUFFIX=''
+    if [[ "${CIA_CHANNEL}" = 'lts' ]]; then
+        LINE=''
+        CURRENT_MAJOR="${CIA_VERNUM%%.*}"
+        curl -fsSLO --retry-delay 1 --retry 60 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 60 --connect-timeout 20 'https://lts.release.flatcar-linux.net/lts-info'
+        while read -r LINE; do
+            # each line is major:year:(supported|unsupported)
+            TUPLE=(${LINE//:/ })
+            MAJOR="${TUPLE[0]}"
+            if [[ "${CURRENT_MAJOR}" = "${MAJOR}" ]]; then
+                SUFFIX="-${TUPLE[1]}"
+                break
+            fi
+        done <lts-info
+        rm -f lts-info
+    fi
+    curl -fsSLO --retry-delay 1 --retry 60 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 60 --connect-timeout 20 "https://${CIA_CHANNEL}.release.flatcar-linux.net/${CIA_ARCH}-usr/current${SUFFIX}/flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2"
     mv flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2 tmp/flatcar_production_image_previous.bin.bz2
     lbunzip2 -k -f tmp/flatcar_production_image_previous.bin.bz2
 fi