diff --git a/.ko.yaml b/.ko.yaml
index b4301b68..c8ac02eb 100644
--- a/.ko.yaml
+++ b/.ko.yaml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-defaultBaseImage: gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:nonroot
+defaultBaseImage: gcr.io/distroless/static-debian13:nonroot