diff --git a/bin/docker_detection_tester/modules/container_manager.py b/bin/docker_detection_tester/modules/container_manager.py
index eaa1f8e733..f4ed34f555 100644
--- a/bin/docker_detection_tester/modules/container_manager.py
+++ b/bin/docker_detection_tester/modules/container_manager.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class ContainerManager:
                     "that this could take a long time depending on your "
                     "connection. It's around 2GB."%(container_name))
                 pull_start_time = timeit.default_timer()
-                client.images.pull(container_name)
+                client.images.pull(container_name,platform="linux/amd64")
                 pull_finish_time = timeit.default_timer()
                 print("Successfully pulled the docker image [%s] in %ss"%
                     (container_name,
diff --git a/bin/docker_detection_tester/modules/splunk_container.py b/bin/docker_detection_tester/modules/splunk_container.py
index 6ca1d649c1..e76716f1cb 100644
--- a/bin/docker_detection_tester/modules/splunk_container.py
+++ b/bin/docker_detection_tester/modules/splunk_container.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ class SplunkContainer:
             name=self.container_name,
             mounts=self.mounts,
             detach=True,
+            platform="linux/amd64"
         )
 
         return container