diff --git a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/DockerBase.java b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/DockerBase.java
index 07e33aedd8ef7..fbba8d23ea8c4 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/DockerBase.java
+++ b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/DockerBase.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 public enum DockerBase {
     // "latest" here is intentional, since the image name specifies "9"
-    DEFAULT("docker.elastic.co/ubi9/ubi-minimal:latest", "", "microdnf"),
+    DEFAULT("redhat/ubi9-minimal:latest", "", "microdnf"),
 
     // The Iron Bank base image is UBI (albeit hardened), but we are required to parameterize the Docker build
     IRON_BANK("${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG}", "-ironbank", "yum"),