diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build_publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/_build_publish.yaml
index bce9c91daa07..85fd52c3e8fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build_publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build_publish.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make publish/pulp
   build-images:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04 # pining to this version since we use older base image for kuma-init and we don't want to change it since it can break users environment
     timeout-minutes: 15
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false