diff --git a/.changeset/slick-laws-push.md b/.changeset/slick-laws-push.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d61e6d387b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/slick-laws-push.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Updated Dockerfile to use Node 24 and Debian Trixie
diff --git a/docs/deployment/docker.md b/docs/deployment/docker.md
index 04b72da445..40382e92b9 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/docker.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/docker.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Once the host build is complete, we are ready to build our image. The following
 `Dockerfile` is included when creating a new app with `@backstage/create-app`:
 
 ```dockerfile
-FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
+FROM node:22-trixie-slim
 
 # Set Python interpreter for `node-gyp` to use
 ENV PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ the repo root:
 
 ```dockerfile
 # Stage 1 - Create yarn install skeleton layer
-FROM node:22-bookworm-slim AS packages
+FROM node:22-trixie-slim AS packages
 
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY backstage.json package.json yarn.lock ./
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ COPY plugins plugins
 RUN find packages \! -name "package.json" -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -exec rm -rf {} \+
 
 # Stage 2 - Install dependencies and build packages
-FROM node:22-bookworm-slim AS build
+FROM node:22-trixie-slim AS build
 
 # Set Python interpreter for `node-gyp` to use
 ENV PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ RUN mkdir packages/backend/dist/skeleton packages/backend/dist/bundle \
     && tar xzf packages/backend/dist/bundle.tar.gz -C packages/backend/dist/bundle
 
 # Stage 3 - Build the actual backend image and install production dependencies
-FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
+FROM node:22-trixie-slim
 
 # Set Python interpreter for `node-gyp` to use
 ENV PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/docs/getting-started/config/database.md b/docs/getting-started/config/database.md
index eed1586dc8..d325c73d5f 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/config/database.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/config/database.md
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ You can run Postgres in a Docker container, this is great for local development
 First we need to pull down the container image, we'll use Postgres 17, check out the [Postgres Version Policy](../../overview/versioning-policy.md#postgresql-releases) to learn which versions are supported.
 
 ```shell
-docker pull postgres:17.0-bookworm
+docker pull postgres:17.0-trixie
 ```
 
 Then we just need to start up the container.
 
 ```shell
-docker run -d --name postgres --restart=always -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<secret> postgres:17.0-bookworm
+docker run -d --name postgres --restart=always -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<secret> postgres:17.0-trixie
 ```
 
 This will run Postgres in the background for you, but remember to start it up again when you reboot your system.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ version: '4'
 
 services:
   postgres:
-    image: postgres:17.0-bookworm
+    image: postgres:17.0-trixie
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: <secret>
diff --git a/docs/tooling/cli/02-build-system.md b/docs/tooling/cli/02-build-system.md
index 6f1b7fd54a..c896aa1399 100644
--- a/docs/tooling/cli/02-build-system.md
+++ b/docs/tooling/cli/02-build-system.md
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ The following is an example of a `Dockerfile` that can be used to package the
 output of building a package with role `'backend'` into an image:
 
 ```Dockerfile
-FROM node:20-bookworm-slim
+FROM node:24-trixie-slim
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY yarn.lock package.json packages/backend/dist/skeleton.tar.gz ./
diff --git a/packages/backend/Dockerfile b/packages/backend/Dockerfile
index e07c266057..91d0f02dbc 100644
--- a/packages/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # Once the commands have been run, you can build the image using `yarn build-image`
 
-FROM node:20-bookworm-slim
+FROM node:24-trixie-slim
 
 # Install sqlite3 dependencies. You can skip this if you don't use sqlite3 in the image,
 # in which case you should also move better-sqlite3 to "devDependencies" in package.json.
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
index ee80245d8b..a70705fba1 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Alternatively, there is also a multi-stage Dockerfile documented here:
 # https://backstage.io/docs/deployment/docker#multi-stage-build
 
-FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
+FROM node:24-trixie-slim
 
 # Set Python interpreter for `node-gyp` to use
 ENV PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/next-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile b/packages/create-app/templates/next-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
index ee80245d8b..a70705fba1 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/next-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/next-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Alternatively, there is also a multi-stage Dockerfile documented here:
 # https://backstage.io/docs/deployment/docker#multi-stage-build
 
-FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
+FROM node:24-trixie-slim
 
 # Set Python interpreter for `node-gyp` to use
 ENV PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3