diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 13905c6686d9a11e07ac4422bef3acf9273df67f..1e3b5750d472c3d2d3680e23fe665c03184a16cf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stages:
 # create the release.
 create-release:
   stage: release
-  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest@sha256:3dd33fd2ba4aa507dea3bf7327697c20fd3c59a67512584af259069686067ffe
   script: echo "Creating release $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG