diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 60a8f85e..cd48133a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.15 as builder
+ARG BUILDER_IMAGE_VERSION
+
+FROM us.icr.io/armada/base/golang-builder:${BUILDER_IMAGE_VERSION} AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ COPY controllers/ controllers/
 COPY internal/ internal/
 
 # Build
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 GO111MODULE=on go build -a -o manager main.go
+RUN GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 GO111MODULE=on go build -a -o manager main.go
 
 # Use distroless as minimal base image to package the manager binary
 # Refer to https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless for more details
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3883617b..0f2c89ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ IMG ?= cloudoperators/ibmcloud-operator:${RELEASE_VERSION}
 # Produce CRDs that work back to Kubernetes 1.11 (no version conversion)
 CRD_OPTIONS ?= "crd"
 
+# https://github.ibm.com/alchemy-registry/base/
+BUILDER_IMAGE_VERSION = 1.18.9-20230324
+
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
 ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))
 GOBIN=$(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ generate: controller-gen
 
 .PHONY: docker-build
 docker-build:
-	docker build . -t ${IMG}
+	docker build --build-arg BUILDER_IMAGE_VERSION=${BUILDER_IMAGE_VERSION} . -t ${IMG}
 
 .PHONY: docker-push
 docker-push: docker-build