diff --git a/example/build-and-load-workload-image.sh b/example/build-and-load-workload-image.sh
index 093561e..bc5c3e3 100755
--- a/example/build-and-load-workload-image.sh
+++ b/example/build-and-load-workload-image.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ set -e -o pipefail
 DIR="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 
 echo "Building the example workload image..."
-docker build "$DIR"/workload -t spiffe-csi-driver-example-workload:example
+cd "$DIR"/workload
+KO_DOCKER_REPO=ko.local/spiffe-csi-driver-example-workload ko build --bare -t example .
 
 echo "Loading example workload image into Kind..."
-kind load docker-image spiffe-csi-driver-example-workload:example
+kind load docker-image ko.local/spiffe-csi-driver-example-workload:example
 
 echo "Done."
diff --git a/example/workload/Dockerfile b/example/workload/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 637c88f..0000000
--- a/example/workload/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-FROM golang:1.17-alpine
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-COPY go.mod ./
-COPY go.sum ./
-RUN go mod download
-
-COPY *.go ./
-
-RUN go build -o /workload
-
-CMD [ "/workload" ]