diff --git a/docker/build/Dockerfile b/docker/build/Dockerfile
index 0f664952f9..bf2d087b0b 100644
--- a/docker/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/build/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /
 RUN apt update && apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io \
     && apt-get clean
 
+RUN apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates
+# Add the gcloud CLI distribution URI as a package source and install plugin
+RUN curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg \
+  && echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list \
+  && apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y google-cloud-sdk-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
+
 COPY --from=bitnami/kubectl:1.26 /opt/bitnami/kubectl/bin/kubectl /usr/local/bin/
 
 COPY --from=goreleaser/goreleaser:v1.26.2 /usr/bin/goreleaser /usr/local/bin/