diff --git a/build-scripts/hack/sync-images.yaml b/build-scripts/hack/sync-images.yaml
index a4f715ddc..7b56bbe49 100644
--- a/build-scripts/hack/sync-images.yaml
+++ b/build-scripts/hack/sync-images.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ sync:
     target: '{{ env "MIRROR" }}/canonical/cilium:1.15.2-ck2'
     type: image
   - source: ghcr.io/canonical/coredns:1.11.3
-    target: '{{ env "MIRROR" }}/canonical/coredns:1.11.3
+    target: '{{ env "MIRROR" }}/canonical/coredns:1.11.3-ck0'
     type: image
   - source: ghcr.io/canonical/k8s-snap/sig-storage/csi-node-driver-registrar:v2.10.1
     target: '{{ env "MIRROR" }}/canonical/k8s-snap/sig-storage/csi-node-driver-registrar:v2.10.1'
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/coredns/chart.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/coredns/chart.go
index fa9d8ce0d..eaa940c5e 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/coredns/chart.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/coredns/chart.go
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ var (
 	imageRepo = "ghcr.io/canonical/coredns"
 
 	// ImageTag is the tag to use for the CoreDNS image.
-	ImageTag = "1.11.3"
+	ImageTag = "1.11.3-ck0"
 )