diff --git a/templates/validation.yml b/templates/validation.yml
index 33db09c0a95e7ef4c18df2855f6df38f46c9963a..cff572e374dddaaa15123bb943c48185ef4af8c3 100644
--- a/templates/validation.yml
+++ b/templates/validation.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ spec:
       description: tags to filter applicable runners for tbc-checklinks build job
       type: array
       default: []
+    tbc-check-image:
+      description: image to use for tbc-check job
+      type: string
+      default: registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/tbc-check:latest
 
 ---
 
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ check-links:
 
 tbc-check:
   image:
-    name: registry.gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/tools/tbc-check:latest
+    name: $[[ inputs.tbc-check-image ]]
     entrypoint: [""]
   stage: build
   script: