diff --git a/build-sidecar-injector.jenkins b/build-sidecar-injector.jenkins
index db7f602..74e9a73 100644
--- a/build-sidecar-injector.jenkins
+++ b/build-sidecar-injector.jenkins
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ RUN set -x && \\
     go build \\
         -v \\
         -tags timetzdata \\
-        -ldflags="-s -w -X 'github.com/salesforce/generic-sidecar-injector/pkg/metrics.gitHash=\${GIT_HASH}' -X 'github.com/salesforce/generic-sidecar-injector/pkg/metrics.gitTag=\${GIT_TAG}'" \\
+        -a \\
+        -ldflags="-s -w -X 'github.com/salesforce/generic-sidecar-injector/pkg/metrics.gitHash=\${GIT_HASH}' -X 'github.com/salesforce/generic-sidecar-injector/pkg/metrics.gitTag=\${GIT_TAG}' -linkmode external -extldflags '-static'" \\
         -installsuffix cgo \\
         -o sidecarinjector \\
         ./cmd/sidecarinjector && \\
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ podTemplate(
 
         functions.buildContainer(
             repository: repository,
-            imageDest: "${repository}/library/generic-sidecar-injector:latest-debug",
+            imageDest: "${repository}/library/generic-sidecar-injector:latest",
             dockerFile: dockerFile,
             repoCreds: repositoryCreds,
         )