diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-configuration-watcher/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-configuration-watcher/pom.xml
index 70ce3539..5ff5c63d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-configuration-watcher/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-configuration-watcher/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
 					<image>
+						<builder>paketobuildpacks/builder:0.1.169-base</builder>
 						<name>${env.IMAGE}</name>
 					</image>
 					<goal>build-image</goal>