diff --git a/templates/module-release.yml b/templates/module-release.yml
index 08c4f066ad9a5350219f04debb404fa9353a8a76..a767ab7c1150546e3285ba9739b9457df6b496cd 100644
--- a/templates/module-release.yml
+++ b/templates/module-release.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
 
 '$[[ inputs.as ]]':
   stage: $[[ inputs.stage ]]
-  image: curlimages/curl:8.8.0
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/components/opentofu/gitlab-opentofu:0.53.0-opentofu1.9.0-debian
   variables:
     TAR_FILENAME: /tmp/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}-${CI_COMMIT_SHA}.tgz
     GITLAB_TOFU_ROOT_DIR: $[[ inputs.root_dir ]]