diff --git a/Dockerfile.downstream b/Dockerfile.downstream
index fda169389d7d8fe072aae265074a9dc1ac67d29d..8f8e1d39344f2065f42d5427df2b9c06085b5f77 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.downstream
+++ b/Dockerfile.downstream
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ COPY go.mod go.mod
 COPY go.sum go.sum
 
 # Build
-RUN GOARCH=$TARGETARCH go build -ldflags "-X 'main.buildVersion=${BUILDVERSION}' -X 'main.buildDate=`date +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M`'" -mod vendor -a -o bin/netobserv-ebpf-agent cmd/netobserv-ebpf-agent.go
+ENV GOEXPERIMENT strictfipsruntime
+RUN GOARCH=$TARGETARCH go build -tags strictfipsruntime -ldflags "-X 'main.buildVersion=${BUILDVERSION}' -X 'main.buildDate=`date +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M`'" -mod vendor -a -o bin/netobserv-ebpf-agent cmd/netobserv-ebpf-agent.go
 
 # Create final image from minimal + built binary
 FROM --platform=linux/$TARGETARCH registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.5-1738816775