diff --git a/.github/workflows/distroless-build-test-push-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/distroless-build-test-push-workflow.yml
index f21e0550e..53b0898a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distroless-build-test-push-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distroless-build-test-push-workflow.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
       - name: Build and push Splunk Operator Image
         run: |
-          make docker-buildx IMG=${{ secrets.ECR_REPOSITORY }}/${{ env.SPLUNK_OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME }}:$GITHUB_SHA-distroless
+          export PLATFORMS=linux/arm64,linux/amd64
+          export BASE_IMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12
+          export BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
+          export IMG=${{ secrets.ECR_REPOSITORY }}/${{ env.SPLUNK_OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME }}:$GITHUB_SHA
+          make docker-buildx PLATFORMS=$PLATFORMS BASE_IMAGE=$BASE_IMAGE BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=$BASE_IMAGE_VERSION IMG=$IMG
       - name: Sign Splunk Operator image with a key
         run: |
           cosign sign --yes --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY  ${{ secrets.ECR_REPOSITORY }}/${{ env.SPLUNK_OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ github.sha }}-distroless
diff --git a/.github/workflows/distroless-int-test-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/distroless-int-test-workflow.yml
index e6031491e..b26f5ce14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distroless-int-test-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distroless-int-test-workflow.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           export PLATFORMS=linux/arm64,linux/amd64
           export BASE_IMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12
           export BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
-          export IMG=${{ secrets.ECR_REPOSITORY }}/${{ env.SPLUNK_OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME }}:$GITHUB_SHA-distroless
-          make docker-buildx PLATFORMS=$PLATFORMS BASE_IMAGE=$BASE_IMAGE BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=$BASE_IMAGE_VERSION IMG=$IMG
+          make docker-buildx PLATFORMS=$PLATFORMS BASE_IMAGE=$BASE_IMAGE BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=$BASE_IMAGE_VERSION IMG=${{ secrets.ECR_REPOSITORY }}/${{ env.SPLUNK_OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME }}:$GITHUB_SHA-distroless
   int-tests:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-develop-to-main-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-develop-to-main-workflow.yml
index da115f0e9..158421c90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-develop-to-main-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-develop-to-main-workflow.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
       # Build and push Distroless image
       - name: Build Distroless Image
         run: |
-          make docker-build IMG=splunk/splunk-operator-rc:${{ github.event.inputs.release_version }}-distroless-RC${{ github.event.inputs.release_candiate_version }} BASE_IMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/static BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
+          make docker-buildx IMG=splunk/splunk-operator-rc:${{ github.event.inputs.release_version }}-distroless-RC${{ github.event.inputs.release_candiate_version }} BASE_IMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/static BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 
       - name: Push Distroless Image
         run: |