diff --git a/images/pull_kubernetes_bazel/Makefile b/images/pull_kubernetes_bazel/Makefile
index 62dfbb00e943..c7f6907747d9 100644
--- a/images/pull_kubernetes_bazel/Makefile
+++ b/images/pull_kubernetes_bazel/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-VERSION = 0.11
+VERSION = 0.12
 
 image:
 	docker build -t "gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:$(VERSION)" .
diff --git a/images/pull_kubernetes_bazel/runner b/images/pull_kubernetes_bazel/runner
index f6e53d81a3f6..1b2b1638841a 100755
--- a/images/pull_kubernetes_bazel/runner
+++ b/images/pull_kubernetes_bazel/runner
@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
+# Since the --repo flag appends values instead of overwriting them, let jobs
+# indicate that the runner should not to add this flag itself.
+if [ "${DISABLE_AUTO_REPO:-}" != "y" ]; then
+    FLAGS=--repo="k8s.io/${REPO_NAME:-test-infra}"
+fi
+
 git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra
 ./test-infra/jenkins/bootstrap.py \
-    --repo="k8s.io/${REPO_NAME:-test-infra}" \
+    ${FLAGS:-} \
     --job=${JOB_NAME} \
     --service-account=${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS} \
     "$@"
diff --git a/prow/config.yaml b/prow/config.yaml
index f61b1c67b6a3..683f3edb4758 100644
--- a/prow/config.yaml
+++ b/prow/config.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ presubmits:
     - master
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.11
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
         args:
         - "--pull=$(PULL_REFS)"
         - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/pr-logs"
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ presubmits:
     - master
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.11
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
         args:
         - "--pull=$(PULL_REFS)"
         - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/pr-logs"
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ presubmits:
     trigger: "@k8s-bot (bazel )?test this"
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.11
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
         args:
         - "--pull=$(PULL_REFS)"
         - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/pr-logs"
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ postsubmits:
     - master
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.11
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
         args:
         - "--branch=$(PULL_REFS)"
         - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/logs"
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ postsubmits:
     - name: ci-kubernetes-bazel-test
       spec:
         containers:
-        - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.11
+        - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
           args:
           - "--branch=$(PULL_REFS)"
           - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/logs"
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ postsubmits:
     - release-1.6
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.9
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
         args:
         - "--branch=$(PULL_REFS)"
         - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/logs"
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ postsubmits:
     - name: ci-kubernetes-bazel-test-1-6
       spec:
         containers:
-        - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.9
+        - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
           args:
           - "--branch=$(PULL_REFS)"
           - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/logs"
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ postsubmits:
     - master
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.11
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
         args:
         - "--branch=$(PULL_REFS)"
         - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/logs"
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ periodics:
   interval: 1h
   spec:
     containers:
-    - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.11
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
       args:
       - "--branch=master"
       - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/logs"
@@ -821,8 +821,9 @@ periodics:
   interval: 2h
   spec:
     containers:
-    - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.9
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
       args:
+      - "--repo=k8s.io/kubernetes=release-1.6"
       - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/logs"
       - "--git-cache=/root/.cache/git"
       - "--clean"
@@ -830,8 +831,8 @@ periodics:
       securityContext:
         privileged: true
       env:
-      - name: REPO_NAME
-        value: kubernetes=release-1.6
+      - name: DISABLE_AUTO_REPO
+        value: y
       - name: GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
         value: /etc/service-account/service-account.json
       volumeMounts:
@@ -851,16 +852,17 @@ periodics:
   - name: periodic-kubernetes-bazel-test-1-6
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.9
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bazelbuild:0.12
         args:
+        - "--repo=k8s.io/kubernetes=release-1.6"
         - "--upload=gs://kubernetes-jenkins/logs"
         - "--git-cache=/root/.cache/git"
         - "--clean"
         securityContext:
           privileged: true
         env:
-        - name: REPO_NAME
-          value: kubernetes=release-1.6
+        - name: DISABLE_AUTO_REPO
+          value: y
         - name: GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
           value: /etc/service-account/service-account.json
         volumeMounts: