diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.native b/backend/Dockerfile.native
index fddf7e9..81463f0 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile.native
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.native
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ COPY src ./src
 RUN mvn -Pnative package -DskipTests
 
 # ---- Runtime stage: minimal ARM64 distroless ----
-FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM gcr.io/distroless/base-nossl-debian12
+FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM gcr.io/distroless/base-debian12
 COPY --from=build /app/target/ai-teacher-backend /app/ai-teacher-backend
 EXPOSE 8080
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app/ai-teacher-backend"]
diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index ad91611..a47140f 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,16 @@
       <id>native</id>
       <build>
         <plugins>
-        
+
+          <!-- skip jib in native builds — use Dockerfile.native + buildah instead -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jib-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <skip>true</skip>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+
           <!-- GraalVM native-image compilation -->
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>