diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/artifacts/simple-image/Dockerfile b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/artifacts/simple-image/Dockerfile
index 31e8da5cf64..32f97d08c90 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/artifacts/simple-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/artifacts/simple-image/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/base:latest
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/base-debian10:latest
 ADD apiextensions-apiserver /
 ENTRYPOINT ["/apiextensions-apiserver"]