diff --git a/scripts/build-images b/scripts/build-images
index ba07446615..7004699efa 100755
--- a/scripts/build-images
+++ b/scripts/build-images
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ xargs -n1 -t docker image pull --quiet << EOF >> build/images-core.txt
     ${REGISTRY}/rancher/hardened-kubernetes:${KUBERNETES_IMAGE_TAG}
     ${REGISTRY}/rancher/hardened-coredns:v1.11.3-build20241018
     ${REGISTRY}/rancher/hardened-cluster-autoscaler:v1.8.11-build20241014
-    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/hardened-dns-node-cache:1.23.1-build20241008
+    ${REGISTRY}/rancher/hardened-dns-node-cache:1.24.0-build20241211
     ${REGISTRY}/rancher/hardened-etcd:${ETCD_VERSION}-build20241106
     ${REGISTRY}/rancher/hardened-k8s-metrics-server:v0.7.1-build20241008
     ${REGISTRY}/rancher/hardened-addon-resizer:1.8.20-build20241001