diff --git a/geth/build-race.sh b/geth/build-race.sh
index 8297466..9598fdb 100755
--- a/geth/build-race.sh
+++ b/geth/build-race.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../source
 
+# need to update dockerfile to use debian instead of alpine
+ORIGINAL_DOCKER_FILE="Dockerfile"
+NEW_DOCKER_FILE="Dockerfile.race"
+
+sed -e 's|-alpine AS builder| AS builder|' \
+    -e 's|RUN apk add --no-cache gcc musl-dev linux-headers git|RUN apt-get update \&\& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential git \&\& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*|' \
+    -e 's|RUN cd /go-ethereum \&\& go run build/ci.go install -static ./cmd/geth|RUN cd /go-ethereum \&\& go run build/ci.go install ./cmd/geth|' \
+    -e 's|FROM alpine:latest|FROM debian:bookworm-slim|' \
+    -e 's|RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates|RUN apt-get update \&\& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates \&\& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*|' \
+    "$ORIGINAL_DOCKER_FILE" > "$NEW_DOCKER_FILE"
+
+if((`stat -c%s "${ORIGINAL_DOCKER_FILE}"`==`stat -c%s "${NEW_DOCKER_FILE}"`));then
+  echo "no changes detected, aborting..."
+  echo "needed to update dockerfile"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+mv $NEW_DOCKER_FILE $ORIGINAL_DOCKER_FILE
+
 # need to add -race flag to geth custom build script
 ORIGINAL_CI_FILE="build/ci.go"
 NEW_CI_FILE="build/ci.race.go"