diff --git a/.ko.yaml b/.ko.yaml
index 41a1f0aec..8e488dc27 100644
--- a/.ko.yaml
+++ b/.ko.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-defaultBaseImage: gcr.io/distroless/static-debian11:latest
+defaultBaseImage: gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:latest
 builds:
 - env:
   - CGO_ENABLED=0