diff --git a/jobs/sync-oci-images/sync-oci-images.groovy b/jobs/sync-oci-images/sync-oci-images.groovy
index dcffc2aff..ab3b93254 100644
--- a/jobs/sync-oci-images/sync-oci-images.groovy
+++ b/jobs/sync-oci-images/sync-oci-images.groovy
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ pipeline {
                             # simple retry if initial pull fails
                             function pull { 
                                 lxc exec $LXC_NAME \
-                                  --env PROXY="${PROXY}" \
+                                  --env HTTP_PROXY="${PROXY}" \
+                                  --env HTTPS_PROXY="${PROXY}" \
                                   --env CREDS="${PULL_CREDS}" \
                                   -- sh -c 'ctr content fetch ${CREDS} '${1}' --all-platforms > /dev/null'; 
                             }