diff --git a/distribution/docker/build.gradle b/distribution/docker/build.gradle
index 64bd4c75cc2ef..2e797b3893a79 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/docker/build.gradle
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void addBuildDockerImageTask(Architecture architecture, DockerBase base) {
         baseImages = [baseImage]
         buildArgs = buildArgsMap
       } else if (base == DockerBase.CENTOS) {
-        baseImages = ['alpine:latest', base.image]
+        baseImages = ['alpine:3.13', base.image]
       } else {
         baseImages = [base.image]
       }
diff --git a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/Docker.java b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/Docker.java
index f34310724ac53..d9b6eda6001cb 100644
--- a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/Docker.java
+++ b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/Docker.java
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ private static void executePrivilegeEscalatedShellCmd(String shellCmd, Path loca
         args.add("--volume \"" + localPath.getParent() + ":" + containerPath.getParent() + "\"");
 
         // Use a lightweight musl libc based small image
-        args.add("alpine");
+        args.add("alpine:3.13");
 
         // And run inline commands via the POSIX shell
         args.add("/bin/sh -c \"" + shellCmd + "\"");