diff --git a/deploy/kindbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kindbase/Dockerfile
index d03bb0a62e..bdd3b38c84 100644
--- a/deploy/kindbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kindbase/Dockerfile
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 # For systemd + docker configuration used below, see the following references:
 # https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface/
 
-# start from ubuntu 19.10, this image is reasonably small as a starting point
+# start from ubuntu 20.04, this image is reasonably small as a starting point
 # for a kubernetes node image, it doesn't contain much we don't need
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
+FROM ubuntu:focal-20200423
 
 # Configure containerd and runc binaries from kind-ci/containerd-nightlies repository
 # The repository contains latest stable releases and nightlies built for multiple architectures