diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ec4743..10a2486 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ k6build server -e GOPROXY=http://localhost:80
 
 ```
       --cache-url string     cache server url (default "http://localhost:9000")
-  -c, --catalog string       dependencies catalog (default "catalog.json")
+  -c, --catalog string       dependencies catalog. Can be path to a local file or an URL (default "https://registry.k6.io/catalog.json")
   -g, --copy-go-env          copy go environment (default true)
   -e, --env stringToString   build environment variables (default [])
   -h, --help                 help for server
diff --git a/cmd/server/server.go b/cmd/server/server.go
index 59f89d2..807f5ac 100644
--- a/cmd/server/server.go
+++ b/cmd/server/server.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/k6build"
 	"github.com/grafana/k6build/pkg/local"
 	server "github.com/grafana/k6build/pkg/server"
+	"github.com/grafana/k6catalog"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -86,7 +87,13 @@ func New() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&config.Catalog, "catalog", "c", "catalog.json", "dependencies catalog")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(
+		&config.Catalog,
+		"catalog",
+		"c",
+		k6catalog.DefaultCatalogURL,
+		"dependencies catalog. Can be path to a local file or an URL",
+	)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&config.CacheURL, "cache-url", "http://localhost:9000", "cache server url")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&config.Verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "print build process output")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&config.CopyGoEnv, "copy-go-env", "g", true, "copy go environment")
diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/deployment/k6build.yaml b/examples/kubernetes/deployment/k6build.yaml
index d0182bb..9dd5513 100644
--- a/examples/kubernetes/deployment/k6build.yaml
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/deployment/k6build.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ spec:
     - "http://cachesrv:9000/cache"
     - "-e"
     - "CGO_ENABLED=1"
+    - "--catalog"
+    - "catalog.json"
     volumeMounts:
     - mountPath: "/home/k6build"
       name: catalog
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a70c4b1..452a49b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ go 1.22.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/grafana/clireadme v0.1.0
-	github.com/grafana/k6catalog v0.1.0
+	github.com/grafana/k6catalog v0.2.3
 	github.com/grafana/k6foundry v0.2.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 )
 
+require github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
+
 require (
-	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index be4adae..5c9e7b9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 h1:H65muMkzWKEuNDnfl9d70GUjFniHKHRbFPGBuZ3QEww=
-github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF078ddwwvV3Y=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0 h1:B8LGeaivUe71a5qox1ICM/JLl0NqZSW5CHyL+hmvYS0=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:4V+yj/TJE1HU9XfppCwVMZq3I84lprf4nC11bSS5beM=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/grafana/clireadme v0.1.0 h1:KYEYSnYdSzmHf3bufaK6fQZ5j4dzvM/T+G6Ba+qNnAM=
 github.com/grafana/clireadme v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Wy4KIG2ZBGMYAYyF9l7qAy+yoJVasqk/txsRgoRI3gc=
-github.com/grafana/k6catalog v0.1.0 h1:jLmbmB3EUJ+zyQG3hWy6dWbtMjvTkvJNx1d4LX8it6I=
-github.com/grafana/k6catalog v0.1.0/go.mod h1:8R9eXAh2nb69+drkj0rZ4aemso0jcwCbPP6Q3E5LqCw=
+github.com/grafana/k6catalog v0.2.3 h1:Gol46qra9yjPYSrxLj6CDKcdY/DUEprM4Xd4TCNPkfA=
+github.com/grafana/k6catalog v0.2.3/go.mod h1:ozCf9+KBw63lNrRiZtp7CvzA7V0ATQuOQN2IoG2irw4=
 github.com/grafana/k6foundry v0.2.0 h1:+aE5wuCP0XNGNsxM7UiPj9hyw4RdWeW929PuGwLWIlg=
 github.com/grafana/k6foundry v0.2.0/go.mod h1:b6n4InFgXl+3yPobmlyJfcJmLozU9CI9IIUuq8YqEiM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
diff --git a/pkg/local/local.go b/pkg/local/local.go
index a4db3e3..5b94893 100644
--- a/pkg/local/local.go
+++ b/pkg/local/local.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type BuildServiceConfig struct {
 	// Set build environment variables
 	// Can be used for setting (or overriding, if CopyGoEnv is true) go environment variables
 	BuildEnv map[string]string
-	// path to catalog's json file
+	// path to catalog's json file. Can be a file path or a URL
 	Catalog string
 	// url to remote cache service
 	CacheURL string
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ type localBuildSrv struct {
 
 // NewBuildService creates a local build service using the given configuration
 func NewBuildService(ctx context.Context, config BuildServiceConfig) (k6build.BuildService, error) {
-	catalog, err := k6catalog.NewCatalogFromJSON(config.Catalog)
+	catalog, err := k6catalog.NewCatalog(ctx, config.Catalog)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating catalog %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting catalog %w", err)
 	}
 
 	builderOpts := k6foundry.NativeBuilderOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/local/testutils.go b/pkg/local/testutils.go
index 3f9575b..c976f0e 100644
--- a/pkg/local/testutils.go
+++ b/pkg/local/testutils.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func SetupTestLocalBuildService(t *testing.T) (k6build.BuildService, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("setting up test builder %w", err)
 	}
 
-	catalog, err := k6catalog.NewCatalogFromJSON("testdata/catalog.json")
+	catalog, err := k6catalog.NewCatalogFromFile("testdata/catalog.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("setting up test builder %w", err)
 	}