diff --git a/.buildkite/package.yml b/.buildkite/package.yml
index 218b4d975a..d50fde9b43 100644
--- a/.buildkite/package.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/package.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ notify:
 env:
   IMAGE_UBUNTU_X86_64: "family/core-ubuntu-2004"
   IMAGE_UBUNTU_ARM_64: "core-ubuntu-2004-aarch64"
-  GENERATE_CHAINGUARD_IMAGES: true
+  GENERATE_WOLFI_IMAGES: true
 
 steps:
   - group: "Package"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4cd2470109..87d9e6c43f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     # If no PR event or if a PR event that's caused by a non-fork and non dependabot actor
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || ( github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' )
     env:
-      GENERATE_CHAINGUARD_IMAGES: true
+      GENERATE_WOLFI_IMAGES: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
diff --git a/packaging.mk b/packaging.mk
index 26f51bd7ec..53d52b6ebb 100644
--- a/packaging.mk
+++ b/packaging.mk
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ DOCKER_IMAGES := \
 	build/docker/apm-server-ubi-$(APM_SERVER_VERSION).txt \
 	build/docker/apm-server-ubi-$(APM_SERVER_VERSION)-SNAPSHOT.txt
 
-# If GENERATE_CHAINGUARD_IMAGES is set then generate chainguard docker images.
-ifdef GENERATE_CHAINGUARD_IMAGES
+# If GENERATE_WOLFI_IMAGES is set then generate wolfi docker images.
+ifdef GENERATE_WOLFI_IMAGES
 DOCKER_IMAGES := $(DOCKER_IMAGES) \
-	build/docker/apm-server-chainguard-$(APM_SERVER_VERSION).txt \
-	build/docker/apm-server-chainguard-$(APM_SERVER_VERSION)-SNAPSHOT.txt
+	build/docker/apm-server-wolfi-$(APM_SERVER_VERSION).txt \
+	build/docker/apm-server-wolfi-$(APM_SERVER_VERSION)-SNAPSHOT.txt
 endif
 
 build/docker/%.txt: DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG := docker.elastic.co/apm/apm-server:%
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ build/docker/%.txt: VERSION := $(APM_SERVER_VERSION)
 build/docker/%.txt: DOCKER_FILE_ARGS := -f packaging/docker/Dockerfile
 build/docker/%-SNAPSHOT.txt: VERSION := $(APM_SERVER_VERSION)-SNAPSHOT
 build/docker/apm-server-ubi-%.txt: DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS+=--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=docker.elastic.co/ubi9/ubi-minimal
-build/docker/apm-server-chainguard-%.txt: DOCKER_FILE_ARGS := -f packaging/docker/Dockerfile.chainguard
+build/docker/apm-server-wolfi-%.txt: DOCKER_FILE_ARGS := -f packaging/docker/Dockerfile.wolfi
 
 INTERNAL_DOCKER_IMAGE := docker.elastic.co/observability-ci/apm-server-internal
 
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ $(DOCKER_IMAGES):
 		--build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=$(GOLANG_VERSION) \
 		--build-arg VERSION=$(VERSION) \
 		$(DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS) \
-		--tag $(INTERNAL_DOCKER_IMAGE):$(VERSION)$(if $(findstring arm64,$(GOARCH)),-arm64)$(if $(findstring chainguard,$(@)),-chainguard) \
+		--tag $(INTERNAL_DOCKER_IMAGE):$(VERSION)$(if $(findstring arm64,$(GOARCH)),-arm64)$(if $(findstring wolfi,$(@)),-wolfi) \
 		$(DOCKER_FILE_ARGS) .
 
 # Docker image tarballs. We distribute UBI Docker images only for AMD64.
 DOCKER_IMAGE_SUFFIX := docker-image$(if $(findstring arm64,$(GOARCH)),-arm64).tar.gz
 DOCKER_IMAGE_PREFIXES := apm-server $(if $(findstring amd64,$(GOARCH)), apm-server-ubi)
-# If GENERATE_CHAINGUARD_IMAGES is set then generate chainguard docker images.
-ifdef GENERATE_CHAINGUARD_IMAGES
-DOCKER_IMAGE_PREFIXES := $(DOCKER_IMAGE_PREFIXES) apm-server-chainguard
+# If GENERATE_WOLFI_IMAGES is set then generate wolfi docker images.
+ifdef GENERATE_WOLFI_IMAGES
+DOCKER_IMAGE_PREFIXES := $(DOCKER_IMAGE_PREFIXES) apm-server-wolfi
 endif
 DOCKER_IMAGE_RELEASE_TARBALLS := $(patsubst %, $(DISTDIR)/%-$(APM_SERVER_VERSION)-$(DOCKER_IMAGE_SUFFIX), $(DOCKER_IMAGE_PREFIXES))
 DOCKER_IMAGE_SNAPSHOT_TARBALLS := $(patsubst %, $(DISTDIR)/%-$(APM_SERVER_VERSION)-SNAPSHOT-$(DOCKER_IMAGE_SUFFIX), $(DOCKER_IMAGE_PREFIXES))
diff --git a/packaging/docker/Dockerfile.chainguard b/packaging/docker/Dockerfile.wolfi
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/docker/Dockerfile.chainguard
rename to packaging/docker/Dockerfile.wolfi