diff --git a/.github/workflows/agoric.yaml b/.github/workflows/agoric.yaml
index 83506d77..7984b200 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/agoric.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/agoric.yaml
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@ jobs:
           echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
           docker pull ghcr.io/p2p-org/cosmos-heighliner:infra-toolkit-${{ env.INFRA_TOOLKIT }}
 
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
       - name: Build and push agoric Docker image
         run: |
-          ./heighliner build -c agoric-agd --go-version 1.21 --git-ref ${{ env.VERSION }}
+          ./heighliner build -c agoric-agd --use-buildkit --buildkit-addr unix:///var/run/docker.sock --go-version 1.21 --git-ref ${{ env.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Tag and push Docker image
         run: |