diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index aa7d2a5..9b82ed1 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@
         <version>3.5.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <from>
-            <!-- distroless glibc base — multi-arch (amd64 + arm64), matches GraalVM native binary ABI -->
-            <image>gcr.io/distroless/base-nossl-debian12</image>
+            <!-- distroless glibc base — includes libz + libssl needed by GraalVM native binary -->
+            <image>gcr.io/distroless/base-debian12</image>
           </from>
           <to>
             <image>zot.immich-ad.ovh/ai-teacher-backend</image>