diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yaml
index 81f7bba0a9..9bf1abdf3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   rc:
     name: Push release candidate tag
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:9b9ac54ee74f36fa22be8c7ec24f695dbd4c0d72
+    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:eaf4a14a339e450945ccb11301cf50cfd692d5e5
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index de33c2bedb..90003d9bed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   rc:
     name: Push release tag
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:9b9ac54ee74f36fa22be8c7ec24f695dbd4c0d72
+    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:eaf4a14a339e450945ccb11301cf50cfd692d5e5
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-generated.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-generated.yaml
index e4aa647eea..7394b433eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-generated.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-generated.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         resource: ["coredns", "aws-node", "nvidia-device-plugin"]
     name: Update ${{ matrix.resource }} and open PR
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:9b9ac54ee74f36fa22be8c7ec24f695dbd4c0d72
+    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:eaf4a14a339e450945ccb11301cf50cfd692d5e5
     env:
       GOPRIVATE: ""
     steps:
diff --git a/.requirements b/.requirements
index 866aecdf2f..56fffcc9e1 100644
--- a/.requirements
+++ b/.requirements
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@v2.22.2
 github.com/vektra/mockery/v2
 github.com/github-release/github-release
-golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer
 k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen
 k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen
 k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 65e4fa210a..662251de7f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BUILD_IMAGE=public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:9b9ac54ee74f36fa22be8c7ec24f695dbd4c0d72
+ARG BUILD_IMAGE=public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:eaf4a14a339e450945ccb11301cf50cfd692d5e5
 FROM $BUILD_IMAGE as build
 
 WORKDIR /src
diff --git a/build/docker/build_image_manifest b/build/docker/build_image_manifest
index 9b9ac54ee7..eaf4a14a33 100644
--- a/build/docker/build_image_manifest
+++ b/build/docker/build_image_manifest
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.2"
 "github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.52.2"
 "github.com/github-release/github-release v0.10.0"
-"golang.org/x/tools v0.30.0"
 "k8s.io/code-generator v0.32.1"
 "k8s.io/code-generator v0.32.1"
 "k8s.io/code-generator v0.32.1"
@@ -14,5 +13,5 @@
 "sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.1.0"
 "github.com/vburenin/ifacemaker v1.2.1"
 100644 blob 4110115ebb2fc751cf9a4a04c9c710f5269337ab	build/docker/Dockerfile
-100644 blob 866aecdf2fd299e1c4355b2d7d8c9decaedbfe19	.requirements
+100644 blob 56fffcc9e1948995e7903f0de2d08332cbfdd423	.requirements
 100755 blob c1129ff1ff85ac2c53f908a577675ea59a9325a7	build/scripts/install-build-deps.sh
diff --git a/build/docker/image_tag b/build/docker/image_tag
index 7e77b69f8f..492e67c10c 100644
--- a/build/docker/image_tag
+++ b/build/docker/image_tag
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9b9ac54ee74f36fa22be8c7ec24f695dbd4c0d72
+eaf4a14a339e450945ccb11301cf50cfd692d5e5
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd3234a1d5..f011fd672c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.33.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.30.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.17.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.1
@@ -406,6 +405,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.29.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.30.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.215.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241223144023-3abc09e42ca8 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.3 // indirect
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
index 1a669ea1a2..db6ed42a56 100644
--- a/tools.go
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter/v6"
 	_ "github.com/vburenin/ifacemaker"
 	_ "github.com/vektra/mockery/v2"
-	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen"