diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml
index 4d2bc7e1f..3ef785006 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           context: .
           file: ./hack/tools/envtest/${{matrix.os}}/Dockerfile
+          platforms: "${{matrix.os}}/${{matrix.arch}}"
           build-args: |
             KUBERNETES_VERSION=v${{env.KUBERNETES_VERSION}}
             OS=${{matrix.os}}
diff --git a/hack/tools/envtest/darwin/Dockerfile b/hack/tools/envtest/darwin/Dockerfile
index 6705f7628..1520d14dc 100644
--- a/hack/tools/envtest/darwin/Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/tools/envtest/darwin/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # - kubectl (fetch)
 # - etcd (fetch)
 
-FROM golang:1.21 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21 --platform=local as builder
 
 # Version and platform args.
 ARG KUBERNETES_VERSION
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ RUN tar -czvf /kubebuilder_${OS}_${ARCH}.tar.gz kubebuilder/
 
 # Copy tarball to final image.
 ARG ARCH
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot-${ARCH}
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot
 
 # Platform args.
 ARG OS=darwin
diff --git a/hack/tools/envtest/linux/Dockerfile b/hack/tools/envtest/linux/Dockerfile
index 7769587ef..ee7296f7b 100644
--- a/hack/tools/envtest/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/tools/envtest/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 # - kubectl (fetch)
 # - etcd (fetch)
 
-# no need for anything fancy
-FROM alpine:3.19 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21 --platform=local as builder
 
 # Version and platform args.
 ARG KUBERNETES_VERSION
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ ARG ARCH
 ENV DEST=/usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/
 
 # Install dependencies.
-RUN apk add --no-cache curl && \
+RUN apt update && \
+    apt install unzip rsync -y && \
     mkdir -p $DEST
 
 # kube-apiserver
diff --git a/hack/tools/envtest/windows/Dockerfile b/hack/tools/envtest/windows/Dockerfile
index 760e05de4..69c9b8ace 100644
--- a/hack/tools/envtest/windows/Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/tools/envtest/windows/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # - kubectl (fetch)
 # - etcd (fetch)
 
-FROM golang:1.21 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21 --platform=local as builder
 
 # Version and platform args.
 ARG KUBERNETES_VERSION