diff --git a/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base b/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base
index 4914929..39581a5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base
+++ b/Dockerfile.gitlab-operator-build-base
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION} as build
 LABEL maintainer="GitLab Distribution Team" \
       description="Build base image for the GitLab Operator project."
 
-ARG KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.22.1
+ARG KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.21.4
 ARG KUBEBUILDER_VERSION=3.2.0
 ARG YQ_VERSION=4.7.0
 ARG HELM_VERSION=3.5.2
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin \
     && curl --retry 6 -Ls -o /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/kubebuilder \
       https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/releases/download/v${KUBEBUILDER_VERSION}/kubebuilder_linux_amd64 \
     && curl --retry 6 -Ls "https://go.kubebuilder.io/test-tools/${KUBERNETES_VERSION}/linux/amd64" | tar -xz -C /usr/local/kubebuilder --strip-components=1 \
-    && chmod +x /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/* \ 
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/* \
     && ln -sfv /usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/* /usr/local/bin
 
 # Yq