diff --git a/hack/images/kicbase.Dockerfile b/hack/images/kicbase.Dockerfile
index 54539660be..97a29b7371 100644
--- a/hack/images/kicbase.Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/images/kicbase.Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/lib
     apt-key add - < Release.key && apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends cri-o-1.17=1.17.2~1
 # install podman
-RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends podman
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends podman=1.8.2~144
 # disable non-docker runtimes by default
 RUN systemctl disable containerd && systemctl disable crio && rm /etc/crictl.yaml
 # enable docker which is default