diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 44d1f0ef4..d5486b01a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release-docs:
     docker:
-      - image: alpine/git:1.0.4
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.12 # if we use something else bash may be missing
     working_directory: /go/src/github.com/ory/keto
     steps:
       - checkout