diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8fa94bc1f..2d2412bd3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ ADD dist dist
 COPY requirements_all.txt .
 RUN uv pip install \
     --no-cache \
-    --find-links "https://wheels.home-assistant.io/musllinux/" \
     -r requirements_all.txt
 
 # Install Music Assistant from prebuilt wheel
 RUN uv pip install \
     --no-cache \
-    --find-links "https://wheels.home-assistant.io/musllinux/" \
     "music-assistant@dist/music_assistant-${MASS_VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl"
 
 # Set some labels
diff --git a/Dockerfile.base b/Dockerfile.base
index 5aa8d1dfb..45339538c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/Dockerfile.base
@@ -2,28 +2,35 @@
 
 # BASE docker image for music assistant container
 
-FROM python:3.12-alpine3.20
+FROM python:3.13-bookworm
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
+
 RUN set -x \
-    && apk add --no-cache \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         ca-certificates \
-        jemalloc \
         curl \
         git \
         wget \
         tzdata \
+        libsox-fmt-all \
+        libsox3 \
+        ffmpeg \
         sox \
+        openssl \
         cifs-utils \
-    # install ffmpeg from community repo
-    && apk add --no-cache ffmpeg --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/community \
-    # install snapcast from community repo
-    && apk add --no-cache snapcast --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community \
-    # install libnfs from community repo
-    && apk add --no-cache libnfs --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/community \
-    # install openssl-dev (needed for airplay)
-    && apk add --no-cache openssl-dev
+        libnfs-utils \
+        libjemalloc2 \
+    # install snapcast server 0.28 from bookworm backports
+    && bash -c 'echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list' \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends -t bookworm-backports snapserver \
+    # cleanup
+    && rm -rf /tmp/* \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 
 # Copy widevine client files to container
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/bin/widevine_cdm
@@ -31,13 +38,15 @@ COPY widevine_cdm/* /usr/local/bin/widevine_cdm/
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Configure runtime environmental variables
-ENV LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libjemalloc.so.2"
-ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/app/venv
+# Enable jemalloc
+RUN \
+    export LD_PRELOAD="$(find /usr/lib/ -name *libjemalloc.so.2)" \
+    export MALLOC_CONF="background_thread:true,metadata_thp:auto,dirty_decay_ms:20000,muzzy_decay_ms:20000"
 
 # create python venv
-RUN python3 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV && \
-    source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate && \
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/app/venv
+RUN python -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV && \
+    bash -c 'source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate' && \
     pip install --upgrade pip \
     && pip install uv==0.4.17