diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index b41e0f6..63a1eb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ on:
 permissions: {}
 env:
   BASENAME: bitnami/minideb
-  LATEST: bookworm
+  LATEST: trixie
 # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
   # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
   shellcheck:
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'bitnami/minideb'
     name: Shellcheck
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bash shellcheck
   build_multiarch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [ shellcheck ]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        dist: [bullseye, bookworm]
+        dist: [bullseye, bookworm, trixie]
         arch: [amd64, arm64]
     name: Build ${{ matrix.dist }} on ${{ matrix.arch }}
     steps:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
              bash pushone "latest" "${{ matrix.arch }}"
           fi
   deploy_manifests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [ build_multiarch ]
     if: github.repository == 'bitnami/minideb' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
           DOCKER_REGISTRY: docker.io
         run: |
-          DISTS="bullseye bookworm latest" bash pushmanifest
+          DISTS="bullseye bookworm trixie latest" bash pushmanifest
       - name: Push Manifests to AWS
         env:
           DOCKER_USERNAME: AWS
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # AWS login
           export DOCKER_PASSWORD="$(aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1)"
-          DISTS="bullseye bookworm latest" bash pushmanifest
+          DISTS="bullseye bookworm trixie latest" bash pushmanifest
   # If the CI Pipeline does not succeed we should notify the interested agents
   notify:
     name: Send notification
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e64af4b..f5f30a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ on:
 permissions: {}
 env:
   BASENAME: bitnami/minideb
-  LATEST: bookworm
+  LATEST: trixie
 # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
   # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
   shellcheck:
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     name: Shellcheck
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bash shellcheck
   build_multiarch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [ shellcheck ]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        dist: [bullseye, bookworm]
+        dist: [bullseye, bookworm, trixie]
         arch: [amd64, arm64]
     name: Build ${{ matrix.dist }} on ${{ matrix.arch }}
     steps:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 734552b..f555c66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ $ docker run --rm -it bitnami/minideb:latest
 
 There are [tags](https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/minideb/tags/) for the different Debian releases.
 ```
-$ docker run --rm -it bitnami/minideb:bookworm
+$ docker run --rm -it bitnami/minideb:trixie
 ```
 
 The images are built daily and have the security release enabled, so will contain any security updates released more than 24 hours ago.
 
 You can also use the images as a base for your own `Dockerfile`:
 ```
-FROM bitnami/minideb:bookworm
+FROM bitnami/minideb:trixie
 ```
 
 # Why use Minideb
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ We provide a Makefile to help you build Minideb locally. It should be run on a D
 $ sudo make
 ```
 
-To build an individual release (bullseye or bookworm)
+To build an individual release (bullseye, bookworm or trixie)
 ```
-$ sudo make bookworm
+$ sudo make trixie
 ```
 
 To test the resulting image:
 ```
-$ sudo make test-bookworm
+$ sudo make test-trixie
 ```
 
 ## Building Minideb for foreign architecture
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ Make commands shown above will build an image for the architecture you are curre
 To build an image for a foreign architecture (for example to build a multi-arch image), we provide a
 simple script that runs a QEMU instance for the target architecture and builds the image inside it.
 
-To build and test a bookworm image for arm64:
+To build and test a trixie image for arm64:
 ```
-$ ./qemu_build bookworm arm64
+$ ./qemu_build trixie arm64
 ```
 
 The image will be then imported locally through the docker CLI with the `$distribution-$architecture` tag
-(example: `bitnami/minideb:bookworm-arm64`)
+(example: `bitnami/minideb:trixie-arm64`)
 
 Current limitations of the `qemu_build` script:
 
diff --git a/buildall b/buildall
index b57a00c..05edfb3 100755
--- a/buildall
+++ b/buildall
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ arch=${1:-"amd64 arm64"}
 
 dist="bullseye
 bookworm
+trixie
 "
 for a in $arch; do
   for i in $dist; do
diff --git a/debootstrap/bullseye b/debootstrap/bullseye
index 804e966..861b182 100644
--- a/debootstrap/bullseye
+++ b/debootstrap/bullseye
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ work_out_debs () {
     # tzdata for handling timezones
     # util-linux for getopt
     # mount is required for mounting /proc during debootstrap
-	required="adduser base-files base-passwd bash bsdutils coreutils dash debian-archive-keyring diffutils dpkg findutils grep gzip hostname init-system-helpers libc-bin login lsb-base mawk ncurses-base passwd sed sysv-rc tar tzdata util-linux mount"
+	required="adduser base-files base-passwd bash bsdutils coreutils dash debian-archive-keyring diffutils dpkg findutils grep gzip hostname init-system-helpers libc-bin login lsb-base mawk ncurses-base passwd perl sed sysv-rc tar tzdata util-linux mount"
 
 	base="apt"
 
diff --git a/debootstrap/trixie b/debootstrap/trixie
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..91bf492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debootstrap/trixie
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bullseye
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mkimage b/mkimage
index fbe37bf..962ddf5 100755
--- a/mkimage
+++ b/mkimage
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sec_repo_url_1="${repo_url}-security"
 sec_repo_url_2="http://security.debian.org/debian-security"
 
 echo -e "deb ${repo_url} $DIST main" > "$rootfsDir/etc/apt/sources.list"
-if [ "$DIST" == "bookworm" ]; then
+if [ "$DIST" == "bookworm" ] || [ "$DIST" == "trixie" ]; then
     echo "deb ${repo_url} $DIST-updates main" >> "$rootfsDir/etc/apt/sources.list"
     echo "deb ${sec_repo_url_1} $DIST-security main" >> "$rootfsDir/etc/apt/sources.list"
 elif [ "$DIST" == "bullseye" ]; then
diff --git a/pushmanifest b/pushmanifest
index bc2b5ff..77d5101 100755
--- a/pushmanifest
+++ b/pushmanifest
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 DISTS=${DISTS:-"bullseye
 bookworm
+trixie
 latest
 "}