diff --git a/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base-golang-1.20 b/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base-golang-1.20
index 24dd444..eab0e8f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base-golang-1.20
+++ b/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base-golang-1.20
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="GitLab Distribution Team" \
       description="Build base image for the GitLab Operator project."
 
 ARG KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.21.4
-ARG KUBEBUILDER_VERSION=3.2.0
+ARG KUBEBUILDER_VERSION=3.12.0
 ARG YQ_VERSION=4.7.0
 ARG HELM_VERSION=3.5.2
 ARG OPERATORSDK_VERSION=1.14.0