diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dc7f0a204..9cbbc9105 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ clean-chroot-image: ## Removes local image
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:  ## Build ingress controller, debug tool and pre-stop hook.
-	E2E_IMAGE=golang:$(GO_VERSION)-alpine3.21 USE_SHELL=/bin/sh build/run-in-docker.sh \
+	E2E_IMAGE=golang:$(GO_VERSION)-alpine3.22 USE_SHELL=/bin/sh build/run-in-docker.sh \
 		MAC_OS=$(MAC_OS) \
 		PKG=$(PKG) \
 		ARCH=$(ARCH) \
diff --git a/docs/examples/customization/sysctl/patch.json b/docs/examples/customization/sysctl/patch.json
index 69482c7be..6f03fbff8 100644
--- a/docs/examples/customization/sysctl/patch.json
+++ b/docs/examples/customization/sysctl/patch.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 			"spec": {
 				"initContainers": [{
 					"name": "sysctl",
-					"image": "alpine:3.21",
+					"image": "alpine:3.22",
 					"securityContext": {
 						"privileged": true
 					},
diff --git a/images/cfssl/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/cfssl/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 3978c8f4b..993770456 100644
--- a/images/cfssl/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/cfssl/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM alpine:3.21
+FROM alpine:3.22
 
 RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing" >> /etc/apk/repositories
 RUN apk update \
diff --git a/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/Dockerfile
index f789e7afc..01166a409 100755
--- a/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION
 
-FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.21 AS builder
+FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.22 AS builder
 
 RUN apk update \
     && apk upgrade && apk add git
diff --git a/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/Dockerfile
index dced61d99..40c357392 100644
--- a/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION
 
-FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.21 AS builder
+FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.22 AS builder
 RUN mkdir /authsvc
 WORKDIR /authsvc
 COPY . ./
diff --git a/images/fastcgi-helloserver/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/fastcgi-helloserver/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 8f1e73248..1e6344266 100755
--- a/images/fastcgi-helloserver/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/fastcgi-helloserver/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION
 
-FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.21 AS builder
+FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.22 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/k8s.io/ingress-nginx/images/fastcgi
 
diff --git a/images/go-grpc-greeter-server/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/go-grpc-greeter-server/rootfs/Dockerfile
index a3b59fc2b..89a050b6d 100644
--- a/images/go-grpc-greeter-server/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/go-grpc-greeter-server/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION
 
-FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.21 AS build
+FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.22 AS build
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/greeter-server
 
diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/nginx/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 8f6bab137..c2b9af412 100644
--- a/images/nginx/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/nginx/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-FROM alpine:3.21 AS builder
+FROM alpine:3.22 AS builder
 
 COPY . /
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN apk update \
   && /build.sh
 
 # Use a multi-stage build
-FROM alpine:3.21
+FROM alpine:3.22
 
 ENV PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/luajit/bin:/usr/local/nginx/sbin:/usr/local/nginx/bin
 
diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
index 2e1a8fafe..45928c5e2 100755
--- a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
+++ b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ Include /etc/nginx/owasp-modsecurity-crs/rules/RESPONSE-999-EXCLUSION-RULES-AFTE
 # NGINX compiles a small test program to check if an added module works as expected.
 #
 # ModSecurity-nginx provides 'printf("hello");' as a test, but newer versions of GCC,
-# as included in Alpine 3.21, do not allow implicit declaration of function 'printf':
+# as included in Alpine 3.22, do not allow implicit declaration of function 'printf':
 #
 #   objs/autotest.c:7:5: error: implicit declaration of function 'printf' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
 #
diff --git a/images/test-runner/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/test-runner/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 1d2fa1320..dc8ff5593 100644
--- a/images/test-runner/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/test-runner/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ARG BASE_IMAGE
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION
 ARG ETCD_VERSION
 
-FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.21 AS go
+FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine3.22 AS go
 FROM registry.k8s.io/etcd:${ETCD_VERSION} AS etcd
 
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
diff --git a/rootfs/Dockerfile-chroot b/rootfs/Dockerfile-chroot
index 08863610f..116a97b26 100644
--- a/rootfs/Dockerfile-chroot
+++ b/rootfs/Dockerfile-chroot
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RUN apk update \
   && apk upgrade \
   && /chroot.sh
 
-FROM alpine:3.21
+FROM alpine:3.22
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG VERSION
diff --git a/test/e2e-image/Dockerfile b/test/e2e-image/Dockerfile
index c16545e43..85bac508a 100644
--- a/test/e2e-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/e2e-image/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ARG E2E_BASE_IMAGE
 FROM ${E2E_BASE_IMAGE} AS BASE
 
-FROM alpine:3.21
+FROM alpine:3.22
 
 RUN apk update \
 	&& apk upgrade && apk add -U --no-cache \