diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 90ee13f0..38baf166 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -28,14 +28,13 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 17
           cache: 'gradle'
       # FIXME - we will need to migrate this to ECR to avoid throttle limits from dockerhub, for now rebuild the images during CI
-#      - name: Configure Docker Images
-#        run: |
-#          ./docker-images/build-all.sh
-#          docker images
-      - name: Build and Test ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
+      - name: Configure Docker Images
         run: |
           ./docker-images/build-all.sh
           docker images
+      - name: Build and Test ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
+        run: |
+          docker images
           ./gradlew apiCheck
           ./gradlew allTests
 
diff --git a/build-support/src/main/kotlin/aws/sdk/kotlin/gradle/crt/CMakeTasks.kt b/build-support/src/main/kotlin/aws/sdk/kotlin/gradle/crt/CMakeTasks.kt
index a0f1563c..a78fc740 100644
--- a/build-support/src/main/kotlin/aws/sdk/kotlin/gradle/crt/CMakeTasks.kt
+++ b/build-support/src/main/kotlin/aws/sdk/kotlin/gradle/crt/CMakeTasks.kt
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ private fun runCmake(project: Project, target: KotlinNativeTarget, cmakeArgs: Li
         val exeName = when (target.konanTarget) {
             KonanTarget.LINUX_X64, KonanTarget.LINUX_ARM64 -> {
                 // cross compiling via dockcross - set the docker exe to cmake
-                exeArgs.add(0, "cmake")
+                val containerScriptArgs = listOf("--args", "--pull=never", "--", "cmake")
+                exeArgs.addAll(0, containerScriptArgs)
                 "./dockcross-" + target.konanTarget.name.replace("_", "-")
             }
             else -> "cmake"