diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38ccd2bc29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+target/
+
+
+# jetbrains
+.idea
+# direnv
+.envrc
diff --git a/crates/astria-conductor/Dockerfile b/crates/astria-conductor/Dockerfile
index fa4bc7d0e1..65aed52fb7 100644
--- a/crates/astria-conductor/Dockerfile
+++ b/crates/astria-conductor/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-ARG DISTROLESS_TAG=latest
 # build stage
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-bullseye AS chef
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-bookworm AS chef
 WORKDIR /build/
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libprotobuf-dev \
     protobuf-compiler \
+    librocksdb-dev \
     clang \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ FROM chef as builder
 COPY --from=planner /build/recipe.json recipe.json
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+ENV ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib
 RUN case "$TARGETPLATFORM" in \
     "linux/arm64") target="aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu" ;; \
     "linux/amd64") target="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ;; \
@@ -53,8 +54,7 @@ RUN cargo zigbuild --release \
 RUN mkdir -p target/release \
     && cp target/$(cat ./target_triple)/release/astria-conductor target/release/
 
-ARG DISTROLESS_TAG
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/cc-debian11:$DISTROLESS_TAG
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 WORKDIR /app/
 EXPOSE 2450
 COPY --from=builder /build/target/release/astria-conductor /usr/local/bin/astria-conductor
diff --git a/crates/astria-sequencer-relayer/Dockerfile b/crates/astria-sequencer-relayer/Dockerfile
index 89de4ec346..20d214462b 100644
--- a/crates/astria-sequencer-relayer/Dockerfile
+++ b/crates/astria-sequencer-relayer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-ARG DISTROLESS_TAG=latest
 # build stage
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-bullseye AS chef
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-bookworm AS chef
 WORKDIR /build/
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libprotobuf-dev \
     protobuf-compiler \
+    librocksdb-dev \
     clang \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ FROM chef as builder
 COPY --from=planner /build/recipe.json recipe.json
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+ENV ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib
 RUN case "$TARGETPLATFORM" in \
     "linux/arm64") target="aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu" ;; \
     "linux/amd64") target="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ;; \
@@ -53,8 +54,7 @@ RUN cargo zigbuild --release \
 RUN mkdir -p target/release \
     && cp target/$(cat ./target_triple)/release/astria-sequencer-relayer target/release/
 
-ARG DISTROLESS_TAG
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/cc-debian11:$DISTROLESS_TAG
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 WORKDIR /app/
 EXPOSE 2450
 COPY --from=builder /build/target/release/astria-sequencer-relayer /usr/local/bin/astria-sequencer-relayer