diff --git a/pkg/sdk/resourcebuilder/component.go b/pkg/sdk/resourcebuilder/component.go
index bd7ecfee9..7e083fde9 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/resourcebuilder/component.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/resourcebuilder/component.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/builder"
 )
 
-const Image = "banzaicloud/logging-operator:3.1.0"
+const Image = "banzaicloud/logging-operator:3.1.0-rc1"
 
 // +kubebuilder:object:generate=true