diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index eb805489..31ef35cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: artifact_sxtnode
           path: target/release/
+      - name: Patch ELF interpreter for Ubuntu base image
+        run: |
+          set -eux
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get install -qq -y patchelf file
+          chmod +x target/release/sxt-node
+          file target/release/sxt-node
+          patchelf --set-interpreter /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 target/release/sxt-node
+          file target/release/sxt-node
       - name: Build and Release Dockerfile
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.VERSION }}
diff --git a/sxtnode.Dockerfile b/sxtnode.Dockerfile
index 6821de91..8810bdd6 100644
--- a/sxtnode.Dockerfile
+++ b/sxtnode.Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Build SxT Node Image
-FROM docker.io/parity/base-bin:latest
+# Ubuntu 24.04 LTS provides glibc 2.39, which covers all GLIBC symbol
+# versions referenced by the Nix-built binary. See PR #198.
+FROM docker.io/library/ubuntu:24.04
 
 # Switch to root user to make system-wide changes
 USER root
@@ -9,8 +11,9 @@ RUN useradd -m -u 1001 -U -s /bin/sh -d /sxtuser sxtuser && \
     mkdir -p  /data /key /sxtuser/.local/share && \
     chown -R sxtuser:sxtuser /data /key && \
     ln -s /data /sxtuser/.local/share/sxtuser && \
-    apt-get update --allow-insecure-repositories && \
+    apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y \
+    ca-certificates \
     curl \
     apache2-utils \
     && apt-get clean && \