diff --git a/fluentd-gcp-scaler/Dockerfile b/fluentd-gcp-scaler/Dockerfile
index 365018a1b..93ec80708 100644
--- a/fluentd-gcp-scaler/Dockerfile
+++ b/fluentd-gcp-scaler/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # This Dockerfile will build an image of a manual fluent-gcp scaler, allowing
 # customers to override our resource request/limit defaults.
 
-FROM gcr.io/k8s-staging-build-image/debian-base-amd64:v2.1.2
+FROM gcr.io/k8s-staging-build-image/debian-base-amd64:buster-v1.3.0
 
 # Download latest stable version of kubectl
 RUN \
diff --git a/fluentd-gcp-scaler/Makefile b/fluentd-gcp-scaler/Makefile
index cd63f4209..45d2ac080 100644
--- a/fluentd-gcp-scaler/Makefile
+++ b/fluentd-gcp-scaler/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 .PHONY:	build push
 
 PREFIX=staging-k8s.gcr.io
-TAG = 0.5.4
+TAG = 0.5.5
 
 build:
 	docker build --pull -t $(PREFIX)/fluentd-gcp-scaler:$(TAG) .