diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 043b2031d..d091b9d48 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ endif
 
 LD_FLAGS = -X github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version.TMVersion=$(VERSION)
 BUILD_FLAGS = -mod=readonly -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)"
-DOCKER_PROTO_BUILDER := docker run -v $(shell pwd):/workspace --workdir /workspace tendermintdev/docker-build-proto
+BUILD_IMAGE := ghcr.io/tendermint/docker-build-proto
+DOCKER_PROTO_BUILDER := docker run -v $(shell pwd):/workspace --workdir /workspace $(BUILD_IMAGE)
 CGO_ENABLED ?= 0
 
 # handle nostrip