diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 7718c0dec4..d2e33f6bdb 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ steps:
           - refs/tags/*
 
   - name: publish-image-runtime
-    image: rancher/hardened-build-base:8b1
+    image: rancher/hardened-build-base:v1.21.8b1
     commands:
       - docker login -u $DOCKER_USERNAME -p $DOCKER_PASSWORD
       - DRONE_TAG=${DRONE_TAG} make publish-image-runtime