diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a562ed872e15756b2bc91a8096709fac522def00..8127ee118d53230b8eb4550899590213373bc361 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ build:
   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:v1.8.1-debug
+    name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.9.0-debug
     entrypoint: [""]
   script:
     - echo $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA