diff --git a/changelog/22.0/22.0.0/summary.md b/changelog/22.0/22.0.0/summary.md
index 454daf6f60d..f96679d4aa8 100644
--- a/changelog/22.0/22.0.0/summary.md
+++ b/changelog/22.0/22.0.0/summary.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   - **[Support for Maximum Idle Connections in the Pool](#max-idle-connections)**
   - **[Stalled Disk Recovery in VTOrc](#stall-disk-recovery)**
   - **[Update default MySQL version to 8.0.40](#mysql-8-0-40)**
+  - **[Update lite images to Debian Bookworm](#debian-bookworm)**
 - **[Minor Changes](#minor-changes)**
   - **[VTTablet Flags](#flags-vttablet)**
   - **[Topology read concurrency behaviour changes](#topo-read-concurrency-changes)**
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ If you are using the `vitess-operator`, considering that we are bumping the patc
 
 This is the last time this will be needed in the `8.0.x` series, as starting with MySQL `8.0.35` it is possible to upgrade and downgrade between `8.0.x` versions without needing to run `innodb_fast_shutdown=0`.
 
+### <a id="debian-bookworm"/>Update lite images to Debian Bookworm</a>
+
+The base system now uses Debian Bookworm instead of Debian Bullseye for the `vitess/lite` images. This change was brought by [Pull Request #17552].
+
 ## <a id="minor-changes"/>Minor Changes</a>
 
 #### <a id="flags-vttablet"/>VTTablet Flags</a>
diff --git a/docker/utils/install_dependencies.sh b/docker/utils/install_dependencies.sh
index 9527d827fca..1c1c62330a3 100755
--- a/docker/utils/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/docker/utils/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -94,25 +94,25 @@ mysql80)
     if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
         VERSION=8.0.40
     fi
-    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-common_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-common_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/libmysqlclient21_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb /tmp/libmysqlclient21_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-client-core_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-client-core_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-client-plugins_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-client-plugins_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-client_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-client_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-client_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-client_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-server-core_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-server-core_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-server_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-server_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-server_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-server_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
+    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-common_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-common_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/libmysqlclient21_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb /tmp/libmysqlclient21_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-client-core_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-client-core_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-client-plugins_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-client-plugins_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-client_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-client_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-client_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-client_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-server-core_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-server-core_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-community-server_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-community-server_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+    do_fetch https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/pool/mysql-8.0/m/mysql-community/mysql-server_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb /tmp/mysql-server_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
     PACKAGES=(
-        /tmp/mysql-common_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-        /tmp/libmysqlclient21_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-        /tmp/mysql-community-client-core_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-        /tmp/mysql-community-client-plugins_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-        /tmp/mysql-community-client_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-        /tmp/mysql-client_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-        /tmp/mysql-community-server-core_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-        /tmp/mysql-community-server_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
-        /tmp/mysql-server_${VERSION}-1debian11_amd64.deb
+        /tmp/mysql-common_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+        /tmp/libmysqlclient21_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+        /tmp/mysql-community-client-core_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+        /tmp/mysql-community-client-plugins_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+        /tmp/mysql-community-client_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+        /tmp/mysql-client_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+        /tmp/mysql-community-server-core_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+        /tmp/mysql-community-server_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
+        /tmp/mysql-server_${VERSION}-1debian12_amd64.deb
         mysql-shell
         percona-xtrabackup-80
     )