diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index aa680bf9..580ef12c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ jobs:
           registry1Password: ${{ secrets.IRON_BANK_ROBOT_PASSWORD }}
           ghToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@aa33708b10e362ff993539393ff100fa93ed6a27 # v3.5.0
+
       - name: Test
         uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/actions/test@91515ef86914334356c35ffb4b2c2c5fb4d19174 # v0.9.0
         with:
diff --git a/plugins/zarf.yaml b/plugins/zarf.yaml
index 7c376c46..e006b818 100644
--- a/plugins/zarf.yaml
+++ b/plugins/zarf.yaml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ components:
           # we always build on amd64 because that is the target architecture for the plugin binaries
           # but we still need fake arm64 images because @zachariahmiller said so
           - cmd: |
-              docker buildx build . -t uds-package-mattermost/mattermost-extra-plugins:latest --platform linux/amd64
+              docker buildx build --load . -t uds-package-mattermost/mattermost-extra-plugins:latest --platform linux/amd64