diff --git a/.zuul.d/docker-jobs.yaml b/.zuul.d/docker-jobs.yaml
index d1af931670..7228326216 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/docker-jobs.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/docker-jobs.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 - job:
     name: rally-docker-build
     parent: build-docker-image
-    nodeset: ubuntu-focal
+    nodeset: ubuntu-jammy
     run: tests/ci/playbooks/docker-build-and-check.yaml
     post-run: tests/ci/playbooks/fetch-html-and-json-reports.yaml
     timeout: 1800
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 - job:
     name: rally-docker-build-and-push
     parent: build-docker-image
-    nodeset: ubuntu-focal
+    nodeset: ubuntu-jammy
     run: tests/ci/playbooks/docker-build-check-and-push.yaml
     post-run: tests/ci/playbooks/fetch-html-and-json-reports.yaml
     timeout: 1800
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4232e1cbf6..0fc4d6bc15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Fixed
 
   `Launchpad-bug #1956956 <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1956956>`_
 
+Changed
+~~~~~~~
+
+`xrally/xrally docker image <https://hub.docker.com/r/xrally/xrally>`_ switched
+to use python3.9-slim as a base image instead of ubuntu 20.04.
+
 Added
 ~~~~~
 
diff --git a/DOCKER_README.md b/DOCKER_README.md
index 7fb0731d36..844768d4aa 100644
--- a/DOCKER_README.md
+++ b/DOCKER_README.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ them in complex tests scenarios that allows to perform all kinds of testing!
 
 # The purpose of xrally image or how to use it
 
-**xrally** image bases on the latest LTS release of *ubuntu* which is 20.04 at
-the moment. It provides raw xrally framework with only in-tree plugins (no
+**xrally** image bases on the official python3.9-slim docker image.
+It provides raw xrally framework with only in-tree plugins (no
 pre-installed plugins for Kubernetes, OpenStack, etc).
 
 You can use this image as a base image and extend it with installation of
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bf7b66b76f..224edd29a0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
+FROM python:3.9-slim
 
-RUN sed -i s/^deb-src.*// /etc/apt/sources.list
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes sudo python3-dev python3-pip vim git-core && \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes sudo vim git-core && \
     apt clean && \
-    pip3 --no-cache-dir install --upgrade pip setuptools && \
+    python3 -m pip --no-cache-dir install --upgrade pip setuptools && \
     useradd -u 65500 -m rally && \
     usermod -aG sudo rally && \
     echo "rally ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/00-rally-user && \
@@ -13,8 +11,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes sudo python3-dev python3-pip vim git
 COPY ./ /rally/source
 WORKDIR /rally/source
 
-RUN pip3 install . --constraint upper-constraints.txt --no-cache-dir && \
-    pip3 install pymysql psycopg2-binary --no-cache-dir && \
+RUN python3 -m pip install . --constraint upper-constraints.txt --no-cache-dir && \
+    python3 -m pip install pymysql psycopg2-binary --no-cache-dir && \
     mkdir -p /etc/rally && \
     echo "[database]" > /etc/rally/rally.conf && \
     echo "connection=sqlite:////home/rally/.rally/rally.db" >> /etc/rally/rally.conf
diff --git a/tests/ci/playbooks/roles/docker-build-image/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/ci/playbooks/roles/docker-build-image/tasks/main.yaml
index b906f61787..bb7237fdb7 100644
--- a/tests/ci/playbooks/roles/docker-build-image/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/ci/playbooks/roles/docker-build-image/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 - name: "Check availability of {{ rally_plugin_name }} plugin"
   shell: docker run {{ docker_image_tag }} plugin show {{ rally_plugin_name }}
 
-- name: Execute the similar wokrloads as `tox -e self`
+- name: Execute the similar workloads as `tox -e self`
   shell:
     cmd: >
       python3 {{ rally_project_path }}/tests/ci/rally_self_job.py