diff --git a/cloudbuild.yaml b/cloudbuild.yaml
index 8daa842d0..032da1f9b 100644
--- a/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ timeout: 5400s
 options:
   substitution_option: ALLOW_LOOSE
 steps:
-- name: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20230623-56e06d7c18
+- name: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20241217-ff46a068cd
   entrypoint: hack/release.sh
   env:
   - REGISTRY=gcr.io/${_STAGING_PROJECT}