diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8af8ec329..6413c99f7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ build:
   image: docker.io/docker:stable
   stage: build
   tags:
-    - medium
+    - k8s-privileged
   script:
     - DOCKER_IMAGE_TAGS="$MAIN_IMAGE_TAG" ./scripts/docker-build-push.sh
   only:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ release:
   image: docker.io/docker:stable
   stage: release
   tags:
-    - medium
+    - k8s-privileged
   script:
     - pwd
     - env DOCKER_IMAGE_TAGS="$RELEASE_IMAGE_TAG