diff --git a/images/nginx/Makefile b/images/nginx/Makefile
index 9c2d35653..0adb3b6d1 100644
--- a/images/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/images/nginx/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 SHELL=/bin/bash -o pipefail
 
 # 0.0.0 shouldn't clobber any released builds
-TAG ?= 0.100
+TAG ?= 0.101
 REGISTRY ?= quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller
 
 IMGNAME = nginx
diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/nginx/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 24a019726..c1ce95bc5 100644
--- a/images/nginx/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/nginx/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ RUN apk add -U --no-cache \
     nano \
     tzdata \
   && ln -s /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx /sbin/nginx \
-  && ln -s /usr/local/lib/mimalloc-*/libmimalloc.so /usr/local/lib/libmimalloc.so \
   && addgroup -Sg 101 www-data \
   && adduser -S -D -H -u 101 -h /usr/local/nginx \
     -s /sbin/nologin -G www-data -g www-data www-data \
diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
index 89165f66f..bd198ec53 100755
--- a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
+++ b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
@@ -590,6 +590,8 @@ make install
 cd "$BUILD_PATH"
 git clone https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc
 cd mimalloc
+git checkout v1.6.2
+
 mkdir -p out/release
 cd out/release
 cmake ../..