diff --git a/cmd/grafana-agent-operator/Dockerfile b/cmd/grafana-agent-operator/Dockerfile
index 5bbd307331ab..8a76dd3f1162 100644
--- a/cmd/grafana-agent-operator/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/grafana-agent-operator/Dockerfile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/grafana/agent"
 RUN <<EOF
   apt-get update
   apt-get install -qy libsystemd-dev tzdata ca-certificates
+  apt-get upgrade -y
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 EOF
 
diff --git a/cmd/grafana-agentctl/Dockerfile b/cmd/grafana-agentctl/Dockerfile
index d71e0e048b4e..8ac72875b42d 100644
--- a/cmd/grafana-agentctl/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/grafana-agentctl/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/grafana/agent"
 RUN <<EOF
   apt-get update
   apt-get install -qy libsystemd-dev tzdata ca-certificates
-
+  apt-get upgrade -y
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 EOF