diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index b57b1a5..705c32e 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -3,20 +3,21 @@ when:
   event: push
 
 steps:
-  - name: login-registry
-    image: alpine:3.20
-    commands:
-      - echo "${REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" | docker login registry.nxtgauge.com -u "${REGISTRY_USERNAME}" --password-stdin
-
   - name: build-and-push
-    image: docker:28-cli
-    volumes:
-      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
-    environment:
-      REGISTRY_USERNAME:
+    image: woodpeckerci/plugin-kaniko:2.1.1
+    settings:
+      registry: registry.nxtgauge.com
+      repo: nxtgauge-ai-assistant
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      tags:
+        - latest
+        - high-performance-latest
+      username:
         from_secret: REGISTRY_USERNAME
-      REGISTRY_PASSWORD:
+      password:
         from_secret: REGISTRY_PASSWORD
-    commands:
-      - docker build -t registry.nxtgauge.com/nxtgauge-ai-assistant:latest -f Dockerfile .
-      - docker push registry.nxtgauge.com/nxtgauge-ai-assistant:latest
+      insecure: true
+      insecure_pull: true
+      skip_tls_verify: true
+      platforms: linux/amd64
+      cache: false