diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f39055678c..e985fcd3d7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -635,12 +635,12 @@ X_BUILD_ENV ?= DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
 docker-multi-arch-builder:
 	env $(X_BUILD_ENV) docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes
 	env $(X_BUILD_ENV) docker buildx rm --builder $(X_DOCKER_BUILDER) || true
-	env $(X_BUILD_ENV) docker buildx create --name kicbase-builder --buildkitd-flags '--debug' --use || true
+	env $(X_BUILD_ENV) docker buildx create --name $(X_DOCKER_BUILDER) --buildkitd-flags '--debug' || true
 
 KICBASE_ARCH = linux/arm64,linux/amd64
 KICBASE_IMAGE_REGISTRIES ?= $(REGISTRY)/kicbase:$(KIC_VERSION) $(REGISTRY_GH)/kicbase:$(KIC_VERSION) kicbase/stable:$(KIC_VERSION)
 
-.PHONY: push-kic-base-image 
+.PHONY: ppush-kic-base-image 
 push-kic-base-image: docker-multi-arch-builder ## Push multi-arch local/kicbase:latest to all remote registries
 ifdef AUTOPUSH
 	docker login gcr.io/k8s-minikube
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ endif
 ifndef AUTOPUSH
 	$(call user_confirm, 'Are you sure you want to push $(KICBASE_IMAGE_REGISTRIES) ?')
 endif
-	env $(X_BUILD_ENV) docker buildx build --platform $(KICBASE_ARCH) $(addprefix -t ,$(KICBASE_IMAGE_REGISTRIES)) --push  --build-arg COMMIT_SHA=${VERSION}-$(COMMIT) ./deploy/kicbase
+	env $(X_BUILD_ENV) docker buildx build --builder $(X_DOCKER_BUILDER) --platform $(KICBASE_ARCH) $(addprefix -t ,$(KICBASE_IMAGE_REGISTRIES)) --push  --build-arg COMMIT_SHA=${VERSION}-$(COMMIT) ./deploy/kicbase
 
 .PHONY: upload-preloaded-images-tar
 upload-preloaded-images-tar: out/minikube # Upload the preloaded images for oldest supported, newest supported, and default kubernetes versions to GCS.