diff --git a/deployments/multus-daemonset-thick.yml b/deployments/multus-daemonset-thick.yml
index 1995a970b..03aad4008 100644
--- a/deployments/multus-daemonset-thick.yml
+++ b/deployments/multus-daemonset-thick.yml
@@ -201,9 +201,11 @@ spec:
         - name: install-multus-binary
           image: ghcr.io/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni:snapshot-thick
           command:
-            - "cp"
-            - "/usr/src/multus-cni/bin/multus-shim"
-            - "/host/opt/cni/bin/multus-shim"
+            - "/usr/src/multus-cni/bin/install_multus"
+            - "-d"
+            - "/host/opt/cni/bin"
+            - "-t"
+            - "thick"
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: "10m"
diff --git a/e2e/templates/multus-daemonset-thick.yml.j2 b/e2e/templates/multus-daemonset-thick.yml.j2
index d839cd9e6..f552d5cae 100644
--- a/e2e/templates/multus-daemonset-thick.yml.j2
+++ b/e2e/templates/multus-daemonset-thick.yml.j2
@@ -170,9 +170,11 @@ spec:
       - name: install-multus-shim
         image: localhost:5000/multus:e2e
         command:
-          - "cp"
-          - "/usr/src/multus-cni/bin/multus-shim"
-          - "/host/opt/cni/bin/multus-shim"
+          - "/usr/src/multus-cni/bin/install_multus"
+          - "-d"
+          - "/host/opt/cni/bin"
+          - "-t"
+          - "thick"
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: "10m"
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile.thick b/images/Dockerfile.thick
index 4452e37f0..ff5000e8d 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile.thick
+++ b/images/Dockerfile.thick
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ADD . /usr/src/multus-cni
 RUN  cd /usr/src/multus-cni && \
      ./hack/build-go.sh
 
-FROM debian:stable-slim
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/base-debian11:latest
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni
 COPY --from=build /usr/src/multus-cni/bin /usr/src/multus-cni/bin
 COPY --from=build /usr/src/multus-cni/LICENSE /usr/src/multus-cni/LICENSE