diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_nowallet_libbitcoinkernel.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_nowallet_libbitcoinkernel.sh
index 913094dc66e12..479628d3e8e45 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_nowallet_libbitcoinkernel.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_nowallet_libbitcoinkernel.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_native_nowallet_libbitcoinkernel
-export CI_IMAGE_NAME_TAG="docker.io/ubuntu:24.04"
-# Use minimum supported python3.9 (or best-effort 3.12) and clang-16, see doc/dependencies.md
+export CI_IMAGE_NAME_TAG="docker.io/debian:bookworm"
+# Use minimum supported python3.9 (or best-effort 3.11) and clang-16, see doc/dependencies.md
 export PACKAGES="python3-zmq clang-16 llvm-16 libc++abi-16-dev libc++-16-dev"
 export DEP_OPTS="NO_WALLET=1 CC=clang-16 CXX='clang++-16 -stdlib=libc++'"
 export GOAL="install"