diff --git a/build/build-nginx-image.sh b/build/build-nginx-image.sh
index cb9de44cc..a422a9959 100755
--- a/build/build-nginx-image.sh
+++ b/build/build-nginx-image.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ if [ ! -f "${ENV_FILE}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # build local terraform image to build nginx
-docker build -t build-nginx-terraform $DIR/images/nginx
+export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
+docker buildx build \
+  --no-cache \
+  --platform linux/amd64 \
+  --tag build-nginx-terraform $DIR/images/nginx
 
 # build nginx and publish docker images to quay.io.
 # this can take up to two hours.
diff --git a/build/images/nginx/build-nginx.sh b/build/images/nginx/build-nginx.sh
index ab6f44e0f..9f0a07f13 100644
--- a/build/images/nginx/build-nginx.sh
+++ b/build/images/nginx/build-nginx.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ apt -q=3 install \
   curl \
   make \
   htop \
-  parallel \
   software-properties-common --yes
 
 curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
@@ -66,9 +65,6 @@ apt -q=3 install docker-ce --yes
 
 export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
 
-mkdir -p ~/.docker
-echo '{ "experimental": "enabled", "aliases": { "builder": "buildx" } }' > ~/.docker/config.json
-
 echo ${docker_password} | docker login -u ${docker_username} --password-stdin quay.io
 
 curl -sL -o /usr/local/bin/gimme https://raw.githubusercontent.com/travis-ci/gimme/master/gimme
@@ -82,14 +78,11 @@ cd ingress-nginx/images/nginx
 
 docker run --rm --privileged docker/binfmt:66f9012c56a8316f9244ffd7622d7c21c1f6f28d
 
-docker buildx create --name ingress-nginx
-docker buildx use ingress-nginx
+docker buildx install
+
+docker buildx create --use --name ingress-nginx
 
 export TAG=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
-echo "Building NGINX image in parallel:"
-echo "
-make sub-push-amd64
-make sub-push-arm
-make sub-push-arm64
-" | parallel --joblog /tmp/log {} || cat /tmp/log
+echo "Building NGINX images..."
+make release
diff --git a/images/nginx/Makefile b/images/nginx/Makefile
index 7b681bf2c..5129d2b00 100644
--- a/images/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/images/nginx/Makefile
@@ -15,53 +15,45 @@
 # 0.0.0 shouldn't clobber any released builds
 TAG ?= 0.96
 REGISTRY ?= quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller
-ARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
-DOCKER ?= docker
-
-ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm arm64
 
 IMGNAME = nginx
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/$(IMGNAME)
-MULTI_ARCH_IMG = $(IMAGE)-$(ARCH)
 
-all: all-container
+PLATFORMS = amd64 arm arm64
 
-image-info:
-	echo -n '{"image":"$(IMAGE)","tag":"$(TAG)"}'
+EMPTY :=
+SPACE := $(EMPTY) $(EMPTY)
+COMMA := ,
 
-sub-container-%:
-	$(MAKE) ARCH=$* container
+all: container
 
-sub-push-%:
-	$(MAKE) ARCH=$* push
-
-all-container: $(addprefix sub-container-,$(ALL_ARCH))
-
-all-push: $(addprefix sub-push-,$(ALL_ARCH))
-
-container: .container-$(ARCH)
-.container-$(ARCH):
-	$(DOCKER) buildx build \
+container:
+	DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled docker buildx build \
 		--no-cache \
 		--progress plain \
-		--platform linux/$(ARCH) \
-		-t $(MULTI_ARCH_IMG):$(TAG) rootfs
+		--platform $(subst $(SPACE),$(COMMA),$(PLATFORMS)) \
+		--tag $(IMAGE):$(TAG) rootfs
+
+	# https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues/59
+	$(foreach PLATFORM,$(PLATFORMS), \
+			DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled docker buildx build \
+			--load \
+			--progress plain \
+			--platform $(PLATFORM) \
+			--tag $(IMAGE)-$(PLATFORM):$(TAG) rootfs;)
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH), amd64)
 	# This is for to maintain the backward compatibility
-	$(DOCKER) tag $(MULTI_ARCH_IMG):$(TAG) $(IMAGE):$(TAG)
+	docker tag $(MULTI_ARCH_IMG):$(TAG) $(IMAGE):$(TAG)
 endif
 
-push: .push-$(ARCH)
-.push-$(ARCH): .container-$(ARCH)
-	$(DOCKER) push $(MULTI_ARCH_IMG):$(TAG)
+push: container
+	$(foreach PLATFORM,$(PLATFORMS), \
+		docker push $(IMAGE)-$(PLATFORM):$(TAG);)
+
 ifeq ($(ARCH), amd64)
-	$(DOCKER) push $(IMAGE):$(TAG)
+	docker push $(IMAGE):$(TAG)
 endif
 
-clean: $(addprefix sub-clean-,$(ALL_ARCH))
-sub-clean-%:
-	$(DOCKER) rmi -f $(IMAGE)-$*:$(TAG) || true
-
-release: all-container all-push
+release: push
 	echo "done"
diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
index 025884493..c37778cdb 100755
--- a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
+++ b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export LUA_BRIDGE_TRACER_VERSION=0.1.1
 export NGINX_INFLUXDB_VERSION=5b09391cb7b9a889687c0aa67964c06a2d933e8b
 export GEOIP2_VERSION=3.3
 export NGINX_AJP_VERSION=bf6cd93f2098b59260de8d494f0f4b1f11a84627
-export RESTY_LUAROCKS_VERSION=3.2.1
+export RESTY_LUAROCKS_VERSION=3.1.3
 export LUAJIT_VERSION=9d5750d28478abfdcaefdfdc408f87752a21e431
 export LUA_RESTY_BALANCER=0.03
 export LUA_RESTY_CORE=0.1.17
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ get_src 41378438c833e313a18869d0c4a72704b4835c30acaf7fd68013ab6732ff78a7 \
 get_src 5f629a50ba22347c441421091da70fdc2ac14586619934534e5a0f8a1390a950 \
         "https://github.com/yaoweibin/nginx_ajp_module/archive/$NGINX_AJP_VERSION.tar.gz"
 
-get_src f27e20c9cdb3ffb991ccdb85796c36a0690566676f8e1a59b0d0ee6598907d04 \
+get_src c573435f495aac159e34eaa0a3847172a2298eb6295fcdc35d565f9f9b990513 \
         "https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-${RESTY_LUAROCKS_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 
 get_src 5d16e623d17d4f42cc64ea9cfb69ca960d313e12f5d828f785dd227cc483fcbd \