diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Dockerfile
index c5ef15d76268..57a1f9a2dda7 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ARG TARGETOS TARGETARCH
 
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 LD_FLAGS=-s GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOOS=$TARGETOS go build -C pkg/admission-controller -o admission-controller-$TARGETARCH
 
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:latest
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Dockerfile
index 26f7b20f0a1d..cdf7921d5589 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ARG TARGETOS TARGETARCH
 
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 LD_FLAGS=-s GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOOS=$TARGETOS go build -C pkg/recommender -o recommender-$TARGETARCH
 
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:latest
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Dockerfile
index 63de33b1fa32..cf03102f95d2 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ARG TARGETOS TARGETARCH
 
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 LD_FLAGS=-s GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOOS=$TARGETOS go build -C pkg/updater -o updater-$TARGETARCH
 
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:latest
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot
 
 ARG TARGETARCH