diff --git a/podman/redox-base-containerfile b/podman/redox-base-containerfile
index 53d4e70..742323e 100644
--- a/podman/redox-base-containerfile
+++ b/podman/redox-base-containerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-FROM ubuntu:latest
+FROM debian:bookworm-20240513-slim
 
-RUN apt-get update \
+# _UID_ must be replaced with the user's uid on host
+# podman root is mapped to your user id on host during build,
+# poduser is mapped to your user id during podman run
+RUN useradd --create-home --no-log-init --uid _UID_ poduser \
+    && chown -R root:root /home \
+    && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \        
+        appstream \
         autoconf \
         automake \
         autopoint \
@@ -41,21 +47,15 @@ RUN apt-get update \
         rsync \
         wget \
         python3 \
-		make \
-		xdg-utils \
-		zip \
-		unzip \
-		llvm \
-		clang \
-		perl \
+        make \
+        xdg-utils \
+        zip \
+        unzip \
+        llvm \
+        clang \
+        perl \
         doxygen \
         ant \
         protobuf-compiler \
         intltool
 
-# _UID_ must be replaced with the user's uid on host
-# podman root is mapped to your user id on host during build,
-# poduser is mapped to your user id during podman run
-RUN useradd --create-home --no-log-init --uid _UID_ poduser && \
-        chown -R root:root /home
-