diff --git a/apps/base/matrix/release.yaml b/apps/base/matrix/release.yaml
index 722829f10298141439f9a5278b65d75467211d29..8e93fec834d01130c91800301902a41ddb7714c9 100644
--- a/apps/base/matrix/release.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/matrix/release.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ spec:
     remediation:
       retries: -1
   values:
+    image:
+      repository: docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse
     # serverName: example.com
     # publicServerName: matrix.example.com
     signingkey: