diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index a39cb962ba58..a977d2c199f8 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ RUN wget --output-document /restart.sh --quiet https://raw.githubusercontent.com
 """
 
 tilt_dockerfile_header = """
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/base:debug as tilt
+FROM golang:1.19.6 as tilt
 WORKDIR /
 COPY --from=tilt-helper /process.txt .
 COPY --from=tilt-helper /start.sh .