diff --git a/dockerfiles/jdk17/ubuntu/apim/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/jdk17/ubuntu/apim/Dockerfile
index 235cfa4e..31cfae90 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/jdk17/ubuntu/apim/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/jdk17/ubuntu/apim/Dockerfile
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # set base Docker image to Ubuntu
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
 
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en' LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'
 
 # install dependencies
 RUN apt-get update \
-    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends tzdata curl ca-certificates fontconfig locales python-is-python3 libxml2-utils netcat unzip wget \
+    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends tzdata curl ca-certificates fontconfig locales python-is-python3 libxml2-utils netcat-traditional unzip wget \
     && echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen \
     && locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ RUN \
     && rm -f ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip
 
 # remove unnecesary packages
-RUN apt-get purge -y netcat unzip wget
+RUN apt-get purge -y netcat-traditional unzip wget
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/apim/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/apim/Dockerfile
index c22176bb..c3e757c2 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/apim/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/apim/Dockerfile
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # set base Docker image to Ubuntu
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
 
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en' LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'
 
 # install dependencies
 RUN apt-get update \
-    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends tzdata curl ca-certificates fontconfig locales python-is-python3 libxml2-utils netcat unzip wget \
+    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends tzdata curl ca-certificates fontconfig locales python-is-python3 libxml2-utils netcat-traditional unzip wget \
     && echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen \
     && locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ RUN \
     && rm -f ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip
 
 # remove unnecesary packages
-RUN apt-get purge -y netcat unzip wget
+RUN apt-get purge -y netcat-traditional unzip wget
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}