diff --git a/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base b/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base
index 0926dc0..9f12a73 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base
+++ b/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ ARG KUBEBUILDER_VERSION=3.2.0
 ARG YQ_VERSION=4.7.0
 ARG HELM_VERSION=3.5.2
 ARG OPERATORSDK_VERSION=1.14.0
+ARG TASK_VERSION=3.12.1
 # ARG OPM_VERSION=1.19.0
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache podman buildah curl make gcc musl-dev git bash coreutils
@@ -97,6 +98,14 @@ COPY --from=kustomize /go/bin/kustomize /usr/local/bin/kustomize
 # Controller-gen
 COPY --from=controller-gen /go/bin/controller-gen /usr/local/bin/controller-gen
 
+# Task
+RUN curl --retry 6 -Ls https://github.com/go-task/task/releases/download/v${TASK_VERSION}/task_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz -C /tmp/ \
+    && chmod +x /tmp/task \
+    && mv /tmp/task /usr/local/bin/task
+
+# Clean up temporary installation files
+RUN rm -rf /tmp/*
+
 ## Final image
 FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}
 LABEL maintainer="GitLab Distribution Team" \