diff --git a/.github/workflows/images.yaml b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
index 19a8dfa2eb..7292cf51ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
@@ -9,11 +9,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Skopeo YAML source
+        run: |
+          cat <<EOF > registry.k8s.io-config.yaml
+          registry.k8s.io:
+            images-by-semver:
+              pause: ">= 3.0"
+          EOF
+
       - name: Skopeo
         run: |
           docker run quay.io/skopeo/stable:v1.15 sync \
-            --src docker \
+            --src yaml \
             --dest docker \
-            --all registry.k8s.io/pause ghcr.io/canonical \
+            registry.k8s.io-config.yaml ghcr.io/canonical \
             --format oci \
             --dest-creds ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}