diff --git a/.github/container/Dockerfile b/.github/container/Dockerfile
index f9a97e0afdb..38199550074 100644
--- a/.github/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/container/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #' Define default build variables
-## specifc ARGs for METHOD='direct'
-ARG OTP_VSN='26.2'
-ARG ELIXIR_VSN='1.16.2'
-## specifc ARGs for METHOD='package'
-ARG ALPINE_VSN='3.19'
+## source ARGs
+ARG OTP_VSN='27'
+ARG ELIXIR_VSN='1.17.2'
 ## general ARGs
 ARG UID='9000'
 ARG USER='ejabberd'
@@ -13,38 +11,60 @@ ARG BUILD_DIR="/$USER"
 ARG VERSION='master'
 
 ################################################################################
-#' METHOD='direct' - build and install ejabberd directly from source
-FROM docker.io/erlang:${OTP_VSN}-alpine AS direct
+#' Build and base image
+FROM cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base AS erlang
+ARG OTP_VSN
+ENV LC_ALL='C.UTF-8' \
+    LANG='C.UTF-8'
 
-RUN apk -U add --no-cache \
+RUN apk -U upgrade --available && apk add --no-cache  \
         autoconf \
         automake \
         bash \
         build-base \
+        ca-certificates-bundle \
         curl \
         expat-dev \
+        erlang-$OTP_VSN \
+        erlang-$OTP_VSN-dev \
+        erlang-$OTP_VSN-odbc \
         file \
+        freetds freetds-dev \
+        freetype-dev \
         gd-dev \
         git \
-        jpeg-dev \
+        libjpeg-dev \
         libpng-dev \
         libwebp-dev \
         linux-pam-dev \
+        ncurses-dev \
+        pax-utils \
+        perl-dev \
+        openssl \
         openssl-dev \
         sqlite-dev \
+        unixodbc unixodbc-dev \
+        wget \
         yaml-dev \
         zlib-dev
 
+WORKDIR /
 ARG ELIXIR_VSN
-RUN wget -O - https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/archive/v$ELIXIR_VSN.tar.gz \
+RUN wget -O - https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/archive/v"$ELIXIR_VSN".tar.gz \
         | tar -xzf -
 
-WORKDIR elixir-$ELIXIR_VSN
+WORKDIR /elixir-"$ELIXIR_VSN"
 RUN make install clean
 
 RUN mix local.hex --force \
     && mix local.rebar --force
 
+################################################################################
+#' Build and prepare ejabberd
+FROM erlang AS direct
+ENV LC_ALL='C.UTF-8' \
+    LANG='C.UTF-8'
+
 ARG BUILD_DIR
 COPY / $BUILD_DIR/
 
@@ -59,7 +79,7 @@ WORKDIR /rootfs
 ARG VERSION
 ARG HOME
 RUN mkdir -p $HOME $HOME-$VERSION \
-    && cp -r $BUILD_DIR/_build/prod/rel/ejabberd/* $HOME-$VERSION \
+&& cp -r $BUILD_DIR/_build/prod/rel/ejabberd/* $HOME-$VERSION \
     && mv $HOME-$VERSION/conf $HOME/conf
 
 RUN cp -p $BUILD_DIR/tools/captcha*.sh $HOME-$VERSION/lib
@@ -67,30 +87,43 @@ RUN cp -p $BUILD_DIR/tools/captcha*.sh $HOME-$VERSION/lib
 RUN find "$HOME-$VERSION/bin" -name 'ejabberd' -delete \
     && find "$HOME-$VERSION/releases" -name 'COOKIE' -delete
 
-RUN wget -O "$HOME/conf/cacert.pem" 'https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem' \
-    && sed -i '/^loglevel:/a \ \
-        \nca_file: /opt/ejabberd/conf/cacert.pem \
+RUN sed -i '/^loglevel:/a \ \
         \ncertfiles: \
         \n  - /opt/ejabberd/conf/server.pem' "$HOME/conf/ejabberd.yml"
 
 ################################################################################
 #' METHOD='package' - install ejabberd from binary tarball package
-FROM docker.io/alpine:${ALPINE_VSN} AS package
-COPY tarballs/ejabberd-*-linux-musl-*.tar.gz /tmp/
+FROM cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base AS package
+COPY tarballs/ejabberd-*-linux-gnu-*.tar.gz /tmp/
 WORKDIR /rootfs
 ARG HOME
 RUN home_root_dir=$(echo $HOME | sed 's|\(.*\)/.*|\1 |') \
     && mkdir -p $home_root_dir \
     && ARCH=$(uname -m | sed -e 's/x86_64/x64/;s/aarch64/arm64/') \
-    && tar -xzf /tmp/ejabberd-*-linux-musl-$ARCH.tar.gz -C $home_root_dir
+    && tar -xzf /tmp/ejabberd-*-linux-gnu-$ARCH.tar.gz -C $home_root_dir
+
+################################################################################
+#' OpenSSL - Create server certificate for localhost,
+#            because wolfi misses openssl config file
+FROM docker.io/library/alpine AS servercert
+RUN apk -U add --no-cache openssl
+RUN export PEM=/tmp/server.pem \
+    && openssl req -x509 \
+            -batch \
+            -nodes \
+            -newkey rsa:4096 \
+            -keyout $PEM \
+            -out $PEM \
+            -days 3650 \
+            -subj "/CN=localhost"
 
 ################################################################################
 #' Prepare ejabberd for runtime
 FROM ${METHOD} AS ejabberd
 RUN apk -U add --no-cache \
         git \
-        libcap \
-        openssl
+        libcap-utils \
+        pax-utils
 
 WORKDIR /rootfs
 ARG HOME
@@ -106,15 +139,7 @@ RUN if [ ! -d $HOME/.ejabberd-modules ]; \
         fi \
     fi
 
-RUN export PEM=$HOME/conf/server.pem \
-    && openssl req -x509 \
-            -batch \
-            -nodes \
-            -newkey rsa:4096 \
-            -keyout $PEM \
-            -out $PEM \
-            -days 3650 \
-            -subj "/CN=localhost"
+COPY --from=servercert /tmp/server.pem $HOME/conf/server.pem
 
 RUN home_root_dir=$(echo $HOME | sed 's|\(.*\)/.*|\1 |') \
     && setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' $(find $home_root_dir -name beam.smp) \
@@ -127,55 +152,41 @@ RUN home_root_dir=$(echo $HOME | sed 's|\(.*\)/.*|\1 |') \
         \nexec /$(find $home_root_dir -name ejabberdctl) \"\$@\"" \
             > usr/local/bin/ejabberdctl \
     && chmod +x usr/local/bin/* \
-    && scanelf --needed --nobanner --format '%n#p' --recursive $home_root_dir \
+    && scanelf --needed --nobanner --format '%n#p' --recursive "$PWD" \
         | tr ',' '\n' \
         | sort -u \
-        | awk 'system("[ -e $home_root_dir" $1 " ]") == 0 { next } { print "so:" $1 }' \
-        | sed -e "s|so:libc.so|so:libc.musl-$(uname -m).so.1|" \
+        | awk 'system("[ -e $PWD" $1 " ]") == 0 { next } { print "so:" $1 }' \
             > /tmp/runDeps
 
 ARG UID
 RUN chown -R $UID:$UID $HOME
 
 ################################################################################
-#' METHOD='direct' - Remove erlang/OTP & rebar3
-FROM docker.io/erlang:${OTP_VSN}-alpine AS runtime-direct
-RUN apk del .erlang-rundeps \
-    && rm -f $(which rebar3) \
-    && find /usr -type d -name 'erlang' -exec rm -rf {} + \
-    && find /usr -type l -exec test ! -e {} \; -delete
-
-################################################################################
-#' METHOD='package' - define runtime base image
-FROM docker.io/alpine:${ALPINE_VSN} AS runtime-package
-
-################################################################################
-#' Update alpine, finalize runtime environment
-FROM runtime-${METHOD} AS runtime
-COPY --from=ejabberd /tmp/runDeps /tmp/runDeps
-RUN apk -U upgrade --available --no-cache \
-    && apk add --no-cache \
-        $(cat /tmp/runDeps) \
-        so:libcap.so.2 \
-        so:libtdsodbc.so.0 \
-        tini \
-    && ln -fs /usr/lib/libtdsodbc.so.0 /usr/lib/libtdsodbc.so
-
+#' Build release image
+FROM cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base AS release
 ARG USER
 ARG UID
 ARG HOME
 RUN addgroup $USER -g $UID \
     && adduser -s /sbin/nologin -D -u $UID -h /$HOME -G $USER $USER
 
-################################################################################
-#' Build together production image
-FROM scratch AS prod
-ARG USER
-ARG HOME
+COPY --from=ejabberd /tmp/runDeps /tmp/runDeps
+RUN apk -U upgrade --available --no-cache \
+    && apk add --no-cache -t .ejabberd-rundeps \
+        $(cat /tmp/runDeps) \
+        freetds \
+        unixodbc \
+        libcap \
+        busybox \
+        ca-certificates-bundle \
+        tini
 
-COPY --from=runtime / /
 COPY --from=ejabberd /rootfs /
 
+ENV ERL_DIST_PORT='5210' \
+    LC_ALL='C.UTF-8' \
+    LANG='C.UTF-8'
+
 HEALTHCHECK \
     --interval=1m \
     --timeout=5s \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container.yml b/.github/workflows/container.yml
index 33ae16960a6..b5a72ab71a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 name: Container
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '22 2 */6 * *' # every 6 days to avoid gha cache being evicted
-  push:
-    paths-ignore:
-    - '.devcontainer/**'
-    - 'examples/**'
-    - 'lib/**'
-    - 'man/**'
-    - 'priv/**'
-    - '**.md'
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: [Installers]
+    types:
+      - completed
+    branches: [master]
 
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
@@ -27,52 +22,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Cache build directory
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/build/
-          key: ${{runner.os}}-ctr-ct-ng-1.26.0
-
-      - name: Get erlang/OTP version for bootstrapping
-        run: |
-          echo "OTP_VSN=$(awk '/^otp_vsn=/ {{gsub(/[^0-9.rc-]/, ""); print}}' tools/make-binaries)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "ELIXIR_VSN=$(awk '/^elixir_vsn=/ {{gsub(/[^0-9.]/, ""); print}}' tools/make-binaries)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Install prerequisites
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get -qq update
-          sudo apt-get -qq install makeself
-          # https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/blob/master/testing/docker/ubuntu21.10/Dockerfile
-          sudo apt-get -qq install build-essential autoconf bison flex gawk
-          sudo apt-get -qq install help2man libncurses5-dev libtool libtool-bin
-          sudo apt-get -qq install python3-dev texinfo unzip
-
-      - name: Install erlang/OTP
-        uses: erlef/setup-beam@v1
+      -
+        name: Download digests
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          otp-version: ${{ env.OTP_VSN }}
-          elixir-version: ${{ env.ELIXIR_VSN }}
-          version-type: strict
-
-      - name: Remove Elixir Matchers
-        run: |
-          echo "::remove-matcher owner=elixir-mixCompileWarning::"
-          echo "::remove-matcher owner=elixir-credoOutputDefault::"
-          echo "::remove-matcher owner=elixir-mixCompileError::"
-          echo "::remove-matcher owner=elixir-mixTestFailure::"
-          echo "::remove-matcher owner=elixir-dialyzerOutputDefault::"
-
-      - name: Build musl-libc based binary archives
-        run: |
-          sed -i "s|targets='.*'|targets='x86_64-linux-musl aarch64-linux-musl'|" tools/make-binaries
-          mv .github/container/ejabberdctl.template .
-          CHECK_DEPS=false tools/make-binaries
-
-      - name: Collect packages
-        run: |
-          mkdir tarballs
-          mv ejabberd-*.tar.gz tarballs
+          path: tarballs
+          pattern: ejabberd-tarballs
+          merge-multiple: true
 
       - name: Checkout ejabberd-contrib
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/installers.yml b/.github/workflows/installers.yml
index b820dd6d9e4..8891d08ff6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/installers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/installers.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,22 @@ jobs:
           #
           path: ejabberd-packages*
           retention-days: 14
+      - name: Collect binary tarballs
+        run: |
+          mkdir tarballs
+          mv ejabberd-*.tar.gz tarballs
+      - name: Upload binary tarballs
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ejabberd-tarballs
+          #
+          # Appending the wildcard character ("*") is a trick to make
+          # "ejabberd-packages" the root directory of the uploaded ZIP file:
+          #
+          # https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact#upload-using-multiple-paths-and-exclusions
+          #
+          path: tarballs*
+          retention-days: 14
 
   release:
     name: Release