diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2946b379ce..d5b3fb268e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ image: alpine
 
 variables:
   REGISTRY: registry.ddbuild.io
-  PREPARE_IMAGE: registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:latest
+  PREPARE_IMAGE: registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:newest
   # Image with dd-octo-sts for GitHub token exchange (check-image-updates, rebuild-images-pr)
   DD_OCTO_STS_IMAGE: registry.ddbuild.io/images/dd-octo-sts-ci-base:2025.06-1
   FORCE_BUILD:
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ generate-reliability-child-pipeline:
       else
         cat > generated-reliability.yml << 'NOOP'
       skip-reliability:
-        image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:latest
+        image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:newest
         tags: ["arch:amd64"]
         script:
           - echo "Label test:reliability not set — skipping"
diff --git a/.gitlab/benchmarks/images.yml b/.gitlab/benchmarks/images.yml
index e367cfe7ca..e4facfc743 100644
--- a/.gitlab/benchmarks/images.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/benchmarks/images.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ stages:
   - images
 
 variables:
-  BASE_BENCHMARK_IMAGE_NAME: registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:latest
+  BASE_BENCHMARK_IMAGE_NAME: registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:newest
   BASE_CI_IMAGE_NAME: registry.ddbuild.io/ci/async-profiler-build
 
   # Generated by https://gitlab.ddbuild.io/DataDog/java-profiler/-/jobs/1600939090
diff --git a/.gitlab/ghtools/Dockerfile b/.gitlab/ghtools/Dockerfile
index 6170903fc3..704b2684ac 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ghtools/Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab/ghtools/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM --platform=linux/amd64 registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:latest
+FROM --platform=linux/amd64 registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:newest
 ARG CI_JOB_TOKEN
 
 COPY ./setup.sh /tmp/setup.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab/reliability/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/reliability/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 45b6a9d049..d18428983c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/reliability/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/reliability/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 variables:
-  PREPARE_IMAGE: registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:latest
+  PREPARE_IMAGE: registry.ddbuild.io/images/benchmarking-platform-tools-ubuntu:newest
   DD_OCTO_STS_IMAGE: registry.ddbuild.io/images/dd-octo-sts-ci-base:2025.06-1
 
 # Shared template — concrete jobs supply image, tags, and ARCH variable