diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index aacf36bd0a892..dc556bd83d3aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu:24.04
           - debian:11
           - debian:12
+          - debian:13
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.container }}
     steps:
diff --git a/distribution/docker/debian/Dockerfile b/distribution/docker/debian/Dockerfile
index f037a7f06e62a..64b46426397cd 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/distribution/docker/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM docker.io/debian:bookworm-slim AS builder
+FROM docker.io/debian:trixie-slim AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /vector
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RUN dpkg -i vector_*_"$(dpkg --print-architecture)".deb
 
 RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/vector
 
-FROM docker.io/debian:bookworm-slim
+FROM docker.io/debian:trixie-slim
 
 # https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/main/annotations.md
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.url="https://vector.dev"
diff --git a/distribution/docker/distroless-libc/Dockerfile b/distribution/docker/distroless-libc/Dockerfile
index b9dae8ff56e6d..7cff6f487d5b4 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/distroless-libc/Dockerfile
+++ b/distribution/docker/distroless-libc/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM docker.io/debian:bookworm-slim AS builder
+FROM docker.io/debian:trixie-slim AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /vector
 
diff --git a/regression/Dockerfile b/regression/Dockerfile
index 4203d280d40c5..1b6cdce193638 100644
--- a/regression/Dockerfile
+++ b/regression/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
 #
 # TARGET
 #
-FROM docker.io/debian:bookworm-slim@sha256:01bd742e2c269abf94e2fefb47b08b5b61c9a880b993417d23a1d0bd9fa60dc4
+FROM docker.io/debian:trixie-slim@sha256:c85a2732e97694ea77237c61304b3bb410e0e961dd6ee945997a06c788c545bb
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -y && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install zlib1g ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 COPY --from=builder /vector/vector /usr/bin/vector
 RUN mkdir --parents --mode=0777 /var/lib/vector
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/Dockerfile b/scripts/e2e/Dockerfile
index 3af5d83489c27..907ab958deb6f 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/e2e/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ARG RUST_VERSION=1.85
 ARG FEATURES
 
-FROM docker.io/rust:${RUST_VERSION}-slim-bookworm
+FROM docker.io/rust:${RUST_VERSION}-slim-trixie
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
     build-essential \
diff --git a/scripts/integration/Dockerfile b/scripts/integration/Dockerfile
index 3e6b68dbfb669..fdf6188178801 100644
--- a/scripts/integration/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/integration/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG RUST_VERSION=1.85
-FROM docker.io/rust:${RUST_VERSION}-slim-bookworm
+FROM docker.io/rust:${RUST_VERSION}-slim-trixie
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     build-essential \
diff --git a/tests/data/dnstap/Dockerfile b/tests/data/dnstap/Dockerfile
index a81c4b8142bf6..2f829023d1f43 100644
--- a/tests/data/dnstap/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/data/dnstap/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM docker.io/library/debian:bookworm
+FROM docker.io/library/debian:trixie
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
diff --git a/tilt/Dockerfile b/tilt/Dockerfile
index 2831d165d4166..10e9b644a5473 100644
--- a/tilt/Dockerfile
+++ b/tilt/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG RUST_VERSION=1.85
-ARG DEBIAN_RELEASE=bookworm
+ARG DEBIAN_RELEASE=trixie
 # Features required for both Agent and Aggregator Helm chart configurations
 ARG FEATURES=api,api-client,sources-datadog_agent,sources-fluent,sources-host_metrics,sources-internal_metrics,sources-kubernetes_logs,sources-logstash,sources-splunk_hec,sources-statsd,sources-syslog,sources-vector,sinks-console,sinks-prometheus,sinks-vector