diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/shared_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/shared_types.go
index 617151e296a6..8d776f262792 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/shared_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/shared_types.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const (
 	// DefaultShutdownManagerImage is the default image used for the shutdown manager.
 	DefaultShutdownManagerImage = "envoyproxy/gateway-dev:latest"
 	// DefaultRateLimitImage is the default image used by ratelimit.
-	DefaultRateLimitImage = "envoyproxy/ratelimit:master"
+	DefaultRateLimitImage = "ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest"
 	// HTTPProtocol is the common-used http protocol.
 	HTTPProtocol = "http"
 	// GRPCProtocol is the common-used grpc protocol.
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/resource.go b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/resource.go
index 4785a700d404..d9b8d8bce7c2 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/resource.go
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/resource.go
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ func expectedRateLimitContainerEnv(rateLimit *egv1a1.RateLimit, rateLimitDeploym
 	namespace string,
 ) []corev1.EnvVar {
 	env := []corev1.EnvVar{
+		{
+			Name:  "PROTO",
+			Value: "tcp6",
+		},
 		{
 			Name:  RuntimeRootEnvVar,
 			Value: "/data",
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/custom.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/custom.yaml
index 0c1be549e836..09ee676d8250 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/custom.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/custom.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/default-env.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/default-env.yaml
index 0c1be549e836..09ee676d8250 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/default-env.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/default-env.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/default.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/default.yaml
index 32e56a1ea5ce..9ec267819d5a 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/default.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/default.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ spec:
           value: :19001
         - name: PROMETHEUS_MAPPER_YAML
           value: /etc/statsd-exporter/conf.yaml
-        image: envoyproxy/ratelimit:master
+        image: ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: envoy-ratelimit
         ports:
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/disable-prometheus.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/disable-prometheus.yaml
index 449ed2c1d70a..f7d201b6acd5 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/disable-prometheus.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/disable-prometheus.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ spec:
           value: tcp
         - name: REDIS_URL
           value: redis.redis.svc:6379
-        image: envoyproxy/ratelimit:master
+        image: ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: envoy-ratelimit
         ports:
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/enable-tracing-custom.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/enable-tracing-custom.yaml
index 320497017f71..d5801b184d0a 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/enable-tracing-custom.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/enable-tracing-custom.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ spec:
           value: "0.6"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
           value: http://trace-collector.envoy-gateway-system.svc.cluster.local:4317
-        image: envoyproxy/ratelimit:master
+        image: ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: envoy-ratelimit
         ports:
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/enable-tracing.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/enable-tracing.yaml
index 5b01b9ef3193..b0b91369070b 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/enable-tracing.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/enable-tracing.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ spec:
           value: "1.0"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
           value: http://trace-collector.envoy-gateway-system.svc.cluster.local:4318
-        image: envoyproxy/ratelimit:master
+        image: ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: envoy-ratelimit
         ports:
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/extension-env.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/extension-env.yaml
index 65c68972f9dc..360e83551027 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/extension-env.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/extension-env.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/merge-annotations.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/merge-annotations.yaml
index 4bc241198c6e..96ab5ec413ba 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/merge-annotations.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/merge-annotations.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ spec:
           value: :19001
         - name: PROMETHEUS_MAPPER_YAML
           value: /etc/statsd-exporter/conf.yaml
-        image: envoyproxy/ratelimit:master
+        image: ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: envoy-ratelimit
         ports:
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/merge-labels.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/merge-labels.yaml
index 6681232eeb8e..f3c0c792d95b 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/merge-labels.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/merge-labels.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ spec:
           value: :19001
         - name: PROMETHEUS_MAPPER_YAML
           value: /etc/statsd-exporter/conf.yaml
-        image: envoyproxy/ratelimit:master
+        image: ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: envoy-ratelimit
         ports:
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/override-env.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/override-env.yaml
index 0c0f73f3c834..fed78a218283 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/override-env.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/override-env.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/patch-deployment.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/patch-deployment.yaml
index 773607b225a2..6afd3f4231b1 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/patch-deployment.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/patch-deployment.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ spec:
           value: :19001
         - name: PROMETHEUS_MAPPER_YAML
           value: /etc/statsd-exporter/conf.yaml
-        image: envoyproxy/ratelimit:master
+        image: ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: envoy-ratelimit
         ports:
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/redis-tls-settings.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/redis-tls-settings.yaml
index 29428fc447b3..21203fea36af 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/redis-tls-settings.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/redis-tls-settings.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/tolerations.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/tolerations.yaml
index a2478222625e..20f6a0f59c2d 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/tolerations.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/tolerations.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/volumes.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/volumes.yaml
index 30d8852d642b..6d2b8e048008 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/volumes.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/volumes.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/with-node-selector.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/with-node-selector.yaml
index 9cf4e01fbffb..0c47d8814254 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/with-node-selector.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/with-node-selector.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ spec:
           value: :19001
         - name: PROMETHEUS_MAPPER_YAML
           value: /etc/statsd-exporter/conf.yaml
-        image: envoyproxy/ratelimit:master
+        image: ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: envoy-ratelimit
         ports:
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/with-topology-spread-constraints.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/with-topology-spread-constraints.yaml
index 5625daf61a0f..cb312214256a 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/with-topology-spread-constraints.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/ratelimit/testdata/deployments/with-topology-spread-constraints.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
       - command:
         - /bin/ratelimit
         env:
+        - name: PROTO
+          value: tcp6
         - name: RUNTIME_ROOT
           value: /data
         - name: RUNTIME_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ spec:
           value: :19001
         - name: PROMETHEUS_MAPPER_YAML
           value: /etc/statsd-exporter/conf.yaml
-        image: envoyproxy/ratelimit:master
+        image: ghcr.io/zirain-dev/ratelimit:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: envoy-ratelimit
         ports: