diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 41b730e269f999aaa3037ad4c9a1be7c2257d99d..fb47011e26583b628e5e7a709e92e52fc6e49b48 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ 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:v1.16.0-debug
+    name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.17.0-debug
     entrypoint: [""]
   script:
     - mkdir -p /kaniko/.docker/