diff --git a/hack/release/build/push-node.sh b/hack/release/build/push-node.sh
index 8ca67af7..01e7852a 100755
--- a/hack/release/build/push-node.sh
+++ b/hack/release/build/push-node.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 
-REGISTRY="${REGISTRY:-kindest}"
+REGISTRY="${REGISTRY:-gcr.io/k8s-staging-kind}"
 IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_NAME:-node}"
 
 # cd to the repo root