diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a36342f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0.0
diff --git a/cloudbuild.yaml b/cloudbuild.yaml
index 815cf72d..9969855b 100644
--- a/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ steps:
         - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/gsutil'
           # writes _DATE to GCS bucket so it can be used as GCS folder name
           args: ['cp', '-r', '_DATE', 'gs://cel-conformance']
-        - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/bazel'
+        - name: 'gcr.io/cel-analysis/bazel:3.0.0'
           # run conformance tests with bazel
           args: ['test', '--test_output=all', 'conformance/ct_dashboard']
         - name: 'ubuntu'