diff --git a/.github/actions/build_apko/action.yml b/.github/actions/build_apko/action.yml
index 3de697ed5..1aa4ec9cc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build_apko/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build_apko/action.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,8 @@ runs:
 
             imageName=$(basename $imageConfig | cut -d. -f1 )
             registry=${{ inputs.registry }}/edgelesssys/apko-${imageName}
-            outTar=$imageName.tar
 
-            docker run -v "$PWD":/work cgr.dev/chainguard/apko build $imageConfig $registry $outTar
-            docker load < $outTar
-            docker push $registry
+            docker run -v "$PWD":/work cgr.dev/chainguard/apko publish $imageConfig $registry
 
           done
         else
@@ -47,9 +44,6 @@ runs:
 
           imageName=$(basename ${{ inputs.apkoConfig }} | cut -d. -f1 )
           registry=${{ inputs.registry }}/edgelesssys/apko-${imageName}
-          outTar=$imageName.tar
 
-          docker run -v "$PWD":/work cgr.dev/chainguard/apko build ${{ inputs.apkoConfig }} $registry $outTar
-          docker load < $outTar
-          docker push $registry
+          docker run -v "$PWD":/work cgr.dev/chainguard/apko publish ${{ inputs.apkoConfig }} $registry
         fi
diff --git a/image/apko/alpine-base-user-65532.yaml b/image/apko/alpine-base-user-65532.yaml
index 47c443466..8cfd84cf4 100644
--- a/image/apko/alpine-base-user-65532.yaml
+++ b/image/apko/alpine-base-user-65532.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ accounts:
       gid: 65532
   users:
     - username: "65532"
+      gid: 65532
       uid: 65532
   run-as: "65532"