diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f0.yml b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f0.yml
index 4f0295325f2..da0263640d8 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f0.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f0.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     port: 443
     state: started
 
-- name: get a list of VMS from vcsim   
+- name: get a list of VMS from vcsim
   uri:
     url: http://{{ vcsim }}:5000/govc_find?filter=VM
   register: vmlist
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
 
 - debug: var=poweroff_d1_c1_f0
 
-- name: make sure no changes were made
+# vcsim (v0.18.0) VMs are spawned PoweredOn
+- name: make sure changes were made
   assert:
     that:
-        - "poweroff_d1_c1_f0.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [False]"
+        - "poweroff_d1_c1_f0.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [True]"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f1.yml b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f1.yml
index d2c04e3f91b..9049aaba46d 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f1.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f1.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     port: 443
     state: started
 
-- name: get a list of VMS from vcsim   
+- name: get a list of VMS from vcsim
   uri:
     url: http://{{ vcsim }}:5000/govc_find?filter=VM
   register: vmlist
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 - debug: var=vmlist
 
 # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/25011
-# Sending "-folders 1" to vcsim nests the datacenter under 
+# Sending "-folders 1" to vcsim nests the datacenter under
 # the folder so that the path prefix is no longer /vm
 #
 # /F0/DC0/vm/F0/DC0_H0_VM0
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
 
 - debug: var=poweroff_d1_c1_f1
 
-- name: make sure no changes were made
+# vcsim (v0.18.0) VMs are spawned PoweredOn
+- name: make sure changes were made
   assert:
     that:
-        - "poweroff_d1_c1_f1.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [False]"
+        - "poweroff_d1_c1_f1.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [True]"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_powerstate/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f0.yml b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_powerstate/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f0.yml
index 0c59a1e857f..922233090de 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_powerstate/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f0.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_powerstate/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f0.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
 
 - debug: var=poweroff_d1_c1_f0
 
-- name: make sure no changes were made
+# vcsim (v0.18.0) VMs are spawned PoweredOn
+- name: make sure changes were made
   assert:
     that:
-        - "poweroff_d1_c1_f0.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [False]"
+        - "poweroff_d1_c1_f0.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [True]"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_powerstate/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f1.yml b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_powerstate/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f1.yml
index 51af09dccd6..f3e611cdc2f 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_powerstate/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f1.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_powerstate/tasks/poweroff_d1_c1_f1.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
 
 - debug: var=poweroff_d1_c1_f1
 
-- name: make sure no changes were made
+# vcsim (v0.18.0) VMs are spawned PoweredOn
+- name: make sure changes were made
   assert:
     that:
-        - "poweroff_d1_c1_f1.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [False]"
+        - "poweroff_d1_c1_f1.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [True]"
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/cloud/vcenter.py b/test/runner/lib/cloud/vcenter.py
index 2dc10f7a84b..ab9253726ac 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/cloud/vcenter.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/cloud/vcenter.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class VcenterProvider(CloudProvider):
         if os.environ.get('ANSIBLE_VCSIM_CONTAINER'):
             self.image = os.environ.get('ANSIBLE_VCSIM_CONTAINER')
         else:
-            self.image = 'quay.io/ansible/vcenter-test-container:1.2.0'
+            self.image = 'quay.io/ansible/vcenter-test-container:1.3.0'
         self.container_name = ''
 
     def filter(self, targets, exclude):