diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/krm-functions-registry/krm-functions-registry-presubmits-master.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/krm-functions-registry/krm-functions-registry-presubmits-master.yaml
index 182075f3b97e..479dbbd9246b 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/krm-functions-registry/krm-functions-registry-presubmits-master.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/krm-functions-registry/krm-functions-registry-presubmits-master.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ presubmits:
     - ^main$
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: golang:1.17
+        # we use this image because we need docker-in-docker and go.
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/krte:v20220121-bb77a9cb93-1.23
         command:
         - ./test.sh
         # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode