diff --git a/images/nginx/Makefile b/images/nginx/Makefile
index 6f050bde3..95b8c455c 100644
--- a/images/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/images/nginx/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # 0.0.0 shouldn't clobber any released builds
-TAG ?= 0.73
+TAG ?= 0.74
 REGISTRY ?= quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller
 ARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 DOCKER ?= docker
diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
index b73842f05..1deb2b492 100755
--- a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
+++ b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
@@ -109,18 +109,16 @@ mkdir -p /etc/nginx
 # Get the GeoIP data
 GEOIP_FOLDER=/etc/nginx/geoip
 mkdir -p $GEOIP_FOLDER
-function geoip_get {
-  wget -O $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1 $2 || { echo "Could not download $1, exiting." ; exit 1; }
-  gunzip $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1
-}
+
 function geoip2_get {
   wget -O $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1.tar.gz $2 || { echo "Could not download $1, exiting." ; exit 1; }
-  mkdir $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1 && tar xf $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1.tar.gz -C $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1 --strip-components 1 && mv $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1/$1.mmdb $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1.mmdb && rm -rf $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1
+  mkdir $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1 \
+    && tar xf $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1.tar.gz -C $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1 --strip-components 1 \
+    && mv $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1/$1.mmdb $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1.mmdb \
+    && rm -rf $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1 \
+    && rm -rf $GEOIP_FOLDER/$1.tar.gz
 }
 
-geoip_get "GeoIPASNum.dat.gz"  "http://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/asnum/GeoIPASNum.dat.gz"
-geoip_get "GeoIP.dat.gz"       "https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz"
-geoip_get "GeoLiteCity.dat.gz" "https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz"
 geoip2_get "GeoLite2-City"     "http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-City.tar.gz"
 geoip2_get "GeoLite2-ASN"      "http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-ASN.tar.gz"
 
@@ -567,6 +565,10 @@ rm -rf /etc/nginx/owasp-modsecurity-crs/util/regression-tests
 
 rm -rf $HOME/.hunter
 
+# move geoip directory
+mv /geoip/* /etc/nginx/geoip
+rm -rf /geoip
+
 # update image permissions
 writeDirs=( \
   /etc/nginx \
diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/geoip/GeoIP.dat b/images/nginx/rootfs/geoip/GeoIP.dat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be8b031f7
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diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/geoip/GeoIPASNum.dat b/images/nginx/rootfs/geoip/GeoIPASNum.dat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85c2cb329
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diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/geoip/GeoLiteCity.dat b/images/nginx/rootfs/geoip/GeoLiteCity.dat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1adb8c3c4
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