diff --git a/podman-matrix/ci_build-images.sh b/podman-matrix/ci_build-images.sh
index 735767b..be6fced 100755
--- a/podman-matrix/ci_build-images.sh
+++ b/podman-matrix/ci_build-images.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ buildfolder=/tmp/synapse-$$
 if ! podman image exists ${synapse_image}:${synapse_version}; then
     mkdir ${buildfolder} &&
     curl -sSfL -- "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/archive/refs/tags/${synapse_version}.tar.gz" | \tar xz --strip-components 1 -C ${buildfolder}/ && {
-	podman run -d --name buildkitd --privileged docker.io/moby/buildkit:latest &&
+        podman pull docker.io/moby/buildkit:latest
+        podman run -d --name buildkitd --privileged docker.io/moby/buildkit:latest &&
         my_buildctl --addr=podman-container://buildkitd build \
 		       --frontend dockerfile.v0 \
 		       --local context=${buildfolder}/ \