diff --git a/performance-tests/docker-compose.yaml b/performance-tests/docker-compose.yaml
index c5280e0dad..29436de07b 100644
--- a/performance-tests/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/performance-tests/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ services:
       retries: 5
       timeout: 10s
   kroxylicious:
-    image: ${KROXYLICIOUS_IMAGE:-quay.io/kroxylicious/proxy:0.19.0-SNAPSHOT}
+    image: ${KROXYLICIOUS_IMAGE:-quay.io/kroxylicious/proxy:0.21.0-SNAPSHOT@sha256:f1b5fdf7c51af2e3b11ab0c90a655bc8bafe64ba123ff778452d37a741932a73}
     hostname: kroxylicious
     container_name: kroxylicious
     # this is to enable async_profiler