diff --git a/.github/actions/build-custom-image-with-apko/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-custom-image-with-apko/action.yml
index f01b27572e..d31e09cd5f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-custom-image-with-apko/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-custom-image-with-apko/action.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ runs:
 
     - uses: chainguard-images/actions/apko-publish@main
       with:
-        apko-image: ghcr.io/wolfi-dev/apko@sha256:87b47283433066d19b71e1cb4401be8d04b7d51f4f4263fde1977c3043b9754f
         config: ${{ inputs.context }}/apko.yaml
         archs: amd64,arm64
         tag: ${{ inputs.image-name }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/build-dep-image-with-apko/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-dep-image-with-apko/action.yml
index 658f350bc8..7f234ca742 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-dep-image-with-apko/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-dep-image-with-apko/action.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ runs:
     - uses: chainguard-images/actions/apko-publish@main
       if: ${{ inputs.overwrite == 'true' || steps.check-image-exists.outputs.image-exists == 'false' }}
       with:
-        apko-image: ghcr.io/wolfi-dev/apko@sha256:87b47283433066d19b71e1cb4401be8d04b7d51f4f4263fde1977c3043b9754f
         config: ${{ inputs.apko-config }}
         archs: amd64,arm64
         tag: ${{ inputs.image-name }}