diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b760db91ca4b921fe6eb5a3bd9a910f8feaf68c..dc377aee037cc328e459cc6ee8f388a58f205b5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The Maven template uses some global configuration throughout all jobs.
 
 | Name                  | description                            | default value     |
 | --------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
-| `MAVEN_IMAGE`         | The Docker image used to run Maven <br/>:warning: **set the version required by your project** | `maven:latest` |
+| `MAVEN_IMAGE`         | The Docker image used to run Maven <br/>:warning: **set the version required by your project** | `registry.hub.docker.com/library/maven:latest` |
 | `MAVEN_PROJECT_DIR`   | Maven projet root directory | `.` |
 | `MAVEN_CFG_DIR`       | The Maven configuration directory      | `.m2`             |
 | `MAVEN_OPTS`          | [Global Maven options](http://maven.apache.org/configure.html#maven_opts-environment-variable) | `-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2 -Dmaven.repo.local=${MAVEN_CFG_DIR}/repository -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -Djava.awt.headless=true` |
diff --git a/kicker.json b/kicker.json
index 3a38e076e013e96ef3fa17d672663ea31e2371b9..4271bab9f960bee8bb0e0e92f2f9fecbdffe9298 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     {
       "name": "MAVEN_IMAGE",
       "description": "The Docker image used to run Maven - **set the version required by your project**",
-      "default": "maven:latest"
+      "default": "registry.hub.docker.com/library/maven:latest"
     },
     {
       "name": "MAVEN_PROJECT_DIR",
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index 90588c562eaf53d184c67f07c2f79404e42520a4..6b2aee40133fc4b6435bd2b817944a3478932960 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ variables:
   MAVEN_PROJECT_DIR: .
 
   # Maven image (can be overridden)
-  MAVEN_IMAGE: "maven:latest"
+  MAVEN_IMAGE: "registry.hub.docker.com/library/maven:latest"
 
   # default production ref name (pattern)
   PROD_REF: '/^(master|main)$/'