diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index fe0b4e664463e..002eec8d9788f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -1589,6 +1589,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: medyagh/setup-minikube@e9e035a86bbc3caea26a450bd4dbf9d0c453682e # v0.0.21
         with:
           kubernetes-version: "1.36.0"
+          # Minikube 1.39.0 changed the default container runtime to containerd. The image
+          # builds below go through `minikube docker-env`, which needs a real Docker daemon
+          # in the node, so pin the runtime rather than inherit the default.
+          container-runtime: docker
           # GitHub Actions limit 4C/16G, limit to 2C/6G for better resource statistic
           # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/runners/github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories
           cpus: 2