diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ead55bec54..9b7d827c8d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.2
+# syntax = docker/dockerfile@sha256:6ce32b7af840de740a21ba297f7d1c31e0f1eb0d6b03c0efc03ae0cca9c8fd2a
+# Use Docker fronted docker/dockerfile:1.2.1 to enable BuildKit features.
+
 ############################
 # Build
 ############################
diff --git a/tools/docker-network/run.sh b/tools/docker-network/run.sh
index 57d07ce5e8..913dcc60fe 100755
--- a/tools/docker-network/run.sh
+++ b/tools/docker-network/run.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ fi
 REPLICAS=$1
 GRAFANA=${2:-0}
 
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
+COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
 echo "Build GoShimmer"
 docker-compose -f builder/docker-compose.builder.yml up --abort-on-container-exit --exit-code-from builder
 
diff --git a/tools/integration-tests/runTests.sh b/tools/integration-tests/runTests.sh
index 2376c5bb81..81c72b6e63 100755
--- a/tools/integration-tests/runTests.sh
+++ b/tools/integration-tests/runTests.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 TEST_NAMES='autopeering common drng message value consensus faucet syncbeacon mana'
 
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
+COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
 echo "Build GoShimmer image"
 docker build -t iotaledger/goshimmer ../../.