diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index 3ecbc8221b..0be5edf775 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ steps:
   - label: bazel-go
     plugins:
       - n0izn0iz/docker#v3.5.4:
-          image: bertytech/protoc:22
+          image: bertytech/bazel:0.29.1-buster-r2
           propagate-uid-gid: true
           workdir: /go/src/berty.tech
           environment:
diff --git a/tool/docker-bazel/Dockerfile b/tool/docker-bazel/Dockerfile
index cdd4016193..da846a9fc6 100644
--- a/tool/docker-bazel/Dockerfile
+++ b/tool/docker-bazel/Dockerfile
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 # git is needed by circleci
 # the rest is bazel dependencies
 
-ADD https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/1.1.0/bazel-1.1.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh \
-    /tmp/bazel-1.1.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+ADD https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.29.1/bazel-0.29.1-installer-linux-x86_64.sh \
+    /tmp/bazel-0.29.1-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
 
-RUN chmod +x /tmp/bazel-1.1.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+RUN chmod +x /tmp/bazel-0.29.1-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
 
-RUN /tmp/bazel-1.1.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh --user
+RUN /tmp/bazel-0.29.1-installer-linux-x86_64.sh --user
+
+RUN chmod o+x /root
 
 ENV PATH="${PATH}:/root/bin"
diff --git a/tool/docker-bazel/Makefile b/tool/docker-bazel/Makefile
index cc1b33a35c..d091789706 100644
--- a/tool/docker-bazel/Makefile
+++ b/tool/docker-bazel/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 IMAGE ?=	bertytech/bazel
-VERSION ?=  1.1.0-buster-r0
+VERSION ?=  0.29.1-buster-r2
 
 build:
 	docker build -t $(IMAGE):$(VERSION) .