diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.arm32v7 b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.arm32v7
index 005e44373..1165611ea 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.arm32v7
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.arm32v7
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # * final: Copy the binaries required at runtime
 # The resulting image uploaded to dockerhub will only contain what is needed for runtime.
 # From the root of the repository, run "docker build -t yourimage:yourtag ."
-FROM debian:bullseye-slim as downloader
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim as downloader
 
 RUN set -ex \
     && apt-get update \
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ RUN mkdir /opt/litecoin && cd /opt/litecoin \
     && tar -xzvf litecoin.tar.gz $BD/litecoin-cli --strip-components=1 --exclude=*-qt \
     && rm litecoin.tar.gz
 
-FROM debian:bullseye-slim as builder
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim as builder
 
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_VERSION=master
 RUN apt-get update -qq && \
@@ -98,10 +98,8 @@ ARG DEVELOPER=1
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3
 RUN curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
 
-RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.9 1
-RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-10 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-10
+RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 
-RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
 RUN pip3 wheel cryptography
 RUN pip3 install grpcio-tools
 
@@ -114,20 +112,18 @@ RUN ./configure --prefix=/tmp/lightning_install --enable-static && \
 RUN pip3 install -r plugins/clnrest/requirements.txt
 RUN pip3 install ./contrib/pyln-client
 
-FROM debian:bullseye-slim as final
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim as final
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       socat \
       inotify-tools \
-      python3.9 \
+      python3 \
       python3-pip \
       qemu-user-static \
       libpq5 && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.9 1
-
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_DATA=/root/.lightning
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_RPC_PORT=9835
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_PORT=9735
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@ RUN mkdir $LIGHTNINGD_DATA && \
 VOLUME [ "/root/.lightning" ]
 
 COPY --from=builder /tmp/lightning_install/ /usr/local/
-COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/python3/dist-packages/ /usr/local/lib/python3/dist-packages/
 COPY --from=downloader /opt/bitcoin/bin /usr/bin
 COPY --from=downloader /opt/litecoin/bin /usr/bin
 COPY --from=downloader "/tini" /usr/bin/tini
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.arm64v8 b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.arm64v8
index 63bbab182..17e680e84 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.arm64v8
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.arm64v8
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # * final: Copy the binaries required at runtime
 # The resulting image uploaded to dockerhub will only contain what is needed for runtime.
 # From the root of the repository, run "docker build -t yourimage:yourtag ."
-FROM debian:bullseye-slim as downloader
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim as downloader
 
 RUN set -ex \
 	&& apt-get update \
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RUN mkdir /opt/litecoin && cd /opt/litecoin \
     && tar -xzvf litecoin.tar.gz $BD/litecoin-cli --strip-components=1 --exclude=*-qt \
     && rm litecoin.tar.gz
 
-FROM debian:bullseye-slim as builder
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim as builder
 
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_VERSION=master
 RUN apt-get update -qq && \
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && \
         ca-certificates \
         curl \
         dirmngr \
-        gcc-10 \
         gettext \
         git \
         gnupg \
@@ -63,15 +62,23 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && \
         pkg-config \
         libssl-dev \
         protobuf-compiler \
-        python3.9 \
+        python3 \
         python3-dev \
         python3-mako \
         python3-pip \
         python3-venv \
         python3-setuptools \
+        python3-wheel \
         libev-dev \
         libevent-dev \
         qemu-user-static \
+        zlib1g-dev \
+        zlib1g \
+        unzip \
+        tclsh \
+        sqlite3 \
+        libsqlite3-dev \
+        libgmp-dev \
         wget
 
 ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/pkgconfig
@@ -116,10 +123,8 @@ ARG DEVELOPER=1
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3
 RUN curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
 
-RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.9 1
-RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-10 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-10
+RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 
-RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
 RUN pip3 wheel cryptography
 RUN pip3 install grpcio-tools
 
@@ -132,20 +137,18 @@ RUN ./configure --prefix=/tmp/lightning_install --enable-static && \
 RUN pip3 install -r plugins/clnrest/requirements.txt
 RUN pip3 install ./contrib/pyln-client
 
-FROM debian:bullseye-slim as final
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim as final
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       socat \
       inotify-tools \
-      python3.9 \
+      python3 \
       python3-pip \
       qemu-user-static \
       libpq5 && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.9 1
-
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_DATA=/root/.lightning
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_RPC_PORT=9835
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_PORT=9735
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ RUN mkdir $LIGHTNINGD_DATA && \
 VOLUME [ "/root/.lightning" ]
 
 COPY --from=builder /tmp/lightning_install/ /usr/local/
-COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/python3/dist-packages/ /usr/local/lib/python3/dist-packages/
 COPY --from=downloader /opt/bitcoin/bin /usr/bin
 COPY --from=downloader /opt/litecoin/bin /usr/bin
 COPY --from=downloader "/tini" /usr/bin/tini