diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index 3458353acbe6..b1436887ba7c 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ RUN wget --output-document /restart.sh --quiet https://raw.githubusercontent.com
 """
 
 tilt_dockerfile_header = """
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/base:debug as tilt
+FROM golang:1.20.6 as tilt
 WORKDIR /
 COPY --from=tilt-helper /process.txt .
 COPY --from=tilt-helper /start.sh .