diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ae57478398..f79506731f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ variables:
   # output artifacts like ADP itself.
   SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_PREFIX: "saluki"
   SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE: "${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_PREFIX}"
-  SALUKI_BUILD_CI_IMAGE: "${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE}/build-ci:newest"
-  SALUKI_GENERAL_CI_IMAGE: "${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE}/general-ci:newest"
-  SALUKI_SMP_CI_IMAGE: "${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE}/smp-ci:newest"
-  SALUKI_BUILDCACHE_CI_IMAGE: "${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE}/buildcache-ci:newest"
+  SALUKI_BUILD_CI_IMAGE: "${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE}/build-ci:latest"
+  SALUKI_GENERAL_CI_IMAGE: "${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE}/general-ci:latest"
+  SALUKI_SMP_CI_IMAGE: "${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE}/smp-ci:latest"
+  SALUKI_BUILDCACHE_CI_IMAGE: "${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE}/buildcache-ci:latest"
   SPDX_LICENSES_IMAGE: "registry.ddbuild.io/images/spdx-license-list-data:3.28.0"
 
   # Converged Datadog Agent-specific variables, which control how we build the converged Datadog Agent image that we
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ variables:
 
 default:
   tags: ["arch:amd64"]
-  image:
-    name: "${SALUKI_BUILD_CI_IMAGE}"
-    pull_policy: always
 
 # Run a job on official releases (i.e. tagged).
 .on_official_release:
diff --git a/.gitlab/internal.yml b/.gitlab/internal.yml
index dae98c6576..b2b613d8e9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/internal.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/internal.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       allow_failure: true
   script:
     - export IMAGE_REF=${SALUKI_IMAGE_REPO_BASE}/${IMAGE_NAME}:v${CI_PIPELINE_ID}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}
-    - crane tag ${IMAGE_REF} newest
+    - crane tag ${IMAGE_REF} latest
 
 generate-build-ci-image:
   extends: [.generate-ci-image-definition]