diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4077c4ea0f08c777e4148969735d9bd7c12d774c..6566609211b6316da0dfdeff774a91da2247dc90 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ check_labels:
     - ./scripts/check_labels.sh $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_MILESTONE
 
 .env:
-  image: paritytech/ci-linux:1.68.2-buster
+  image: paritytech/ci-linux:production
   tags:
     - podman