diff --git a/.gitlab/ci_templates/kaniko.yml b/.gitlab/ci_templates/kaniko.yml
index 93dfd3654795e98931f1a516db2babfa15291ee6..fd5b379183ee25490ad42a28142da615376f7c8a 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci_templates/kaniko.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci_templates/kaniko.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   image:
     # We need a shell to provide the registry credentials, so we need to use the
     # kaniko debug image (https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko#debug-image)
-    name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
+    name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.6.0-debug
     entrypoint: [""]
   script:
     - mkdir -p /kaniko/.docker/