diff --git a/build.assets/Dockerfile-arm b/build.assets/Dockerfile-arm
index 655c240127a35..269cf22bfd21c 100644
--- a/build.assets/Dockerfile-arm
+++ b/build.assets/Dockerfile-arm
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-# This Dockerfile is used to build Teleport on ARM only.
-# We are using the official Debian 12 image as a base image
-# because the final binary must be compatible with distroless
-# images that are also Debian 12 based: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless
-FROM docker.io/library/debian:12
+# This Dockerfile is used to build Teleport on ARM (32-bit) only.
+# The binaries produced need to be able to run on all the linux
+# distributions we support. See https://goteleport.com/docs/installation/
+# The binaries also run in the OCI containers we produce,
+# both "heavy" and distroless.
+#
+FROM docker.io/library/debian:11
 
 COPY locale.gen /etc/locale.gen
 COPY profile /etc/profile