diff --git a/pkg/build/pipelines/README.md b/pkg/build/pipelines/README.md
index c3e4a4ce8..d978134b9 100644
--- a/pkg/build/pipelines/README.md
+++ b/pkg/build/pipelines/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Apply patches
 
 | Name | Required | Description | Default |
 | ---- | -------- | ----------- | ------- |
-| fuzz | false | Sets the maximum fuzz factor. This option only applies to context diffs, and causes patch to ignore up to that many lines in looking for places to install a hunk.  | 2 |
+| fuzz | false | Sets the maximum fuzz factor. This option only applies to context diffs, and causes patch to ignore up to that many lines in looking for places to install a hunk.  | 0 |
 | patches | false | A list of patches to apply, as a whitespace delimited string.  |  |
 | series | false | A quilt-style patch series file to apply.  |  |
 | strip-components | false | The number of path components to strip while extracting.  | 1 |
diff --git a/pkg/build/pipelines/patch.yaml b/pkg/build/pipelines/patch.yaml
index c7e573a20..8eda7a3c1 100644
--- a/pkg/build/pipelines/patch.yaml
+++ b/pkg/build/pipelines/patch.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ inputs:
   fuzz:
     description: |
       Sets the maximum fuzz factor. This option only applies to context diffs, and causes patch to ignore up to that many lines in looking for places to install a hunk.
-    default: 2
+    default: 0
 
   patches:
     description: |