diff --git a/.changeset/small-pugs-build.md b/.changeset/small-pugs-build.md
index d1640340ba..68e11cd967 100644
--- a/.changeset/small-pugs-build.md
+++ b/.changeset/small-pugs-build.md
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 '@backstage/create-app': patch
 ---
 
-Bump Docker base images to `node:18-bullseye-slim` to fix compatibility issues raised during image build.
+Bump Docker base images to `node:18-bookworm-slim` to fix node compatibility issues raised during image build.
 
-You can apply these change to your own `Dockerfile` by replacing `node:16-bullseye-slim` with `node:18-bullseye-slim`
+You can apply these change to your own `Dockerfile` by replacing `node:16-bullseye-slim` with `node:18-bookworm-slim`
diff --git a/docs/releases/v1.19.0-next.0-changelog.md b/docs/releases/v1.19.0-next.0-changelog.md
index ed95166757..d1861165b9 100644
--- a/docs/releases/v1.19.0-next.0-changelog.md
+++ b/docs/releases/v1.19.0-next.0-changelog.md
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@
 
 - de42eebaaf: Bumped dev dependencies `@types/node` and `mock-fs`.
 
-- 04a3f65e15: Bump Docker base images to `node:18-bullseye-slim` to fix compatibility issues raised during image build.
+- 04a3f65e15: Bump Docker base images to `node:18-bookworm-slim` to fix node compatibility issues raised during image build.
 
-  You can apply these change to your own `Dockerfile` by replacing `node:16-bullseye-slim` with `node:18-bullseye-slim`
+  You can apply these change to your own `Dockerfile` by replacing `node:16-bullseye-slim` with `node:18-bookworm-slim`
 
 - 5eacd5d213: The E2E test setup based on Cypress has been replaced with one based on [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/). Migrating existing apps is not required as this is a standalone setup, only do so if you also want to switch from Cypress to Playwright.
 
diff --git a/packages/create-app/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/create-app/CHANGELOG.md
index 03bd32e124..3d9f76e93d 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/create-app/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
 - deed089a3d: Bump `cypress` to fix the end-to-end tests
 - de42eebaaf: Bumped dev dependencies `@types/node` and `mock-fs`.
-- 04a3f65e15: Bump Docker base images to `node:18-bullseye-slim` to fix compatibility issues raised during image build.
+- 04a3f65e15: Bump Docker base images to `node:18-bookworm-slim` to fix node compatibility issues raised during image build.
 
-  You can apply these change to your own `Dockerfile` by replacing `node:16-bullseye-slim` with `node:18-bullseye-slim`
+  You can apply these change to your own `Dockerfile` by replacing `node:16-bullseye-slim` with `node:18-bookworm-slim`
 
 - 5eacd5d213: The E2E test setup based on Cypress has been replaced with one based on [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/). Migrating existing apps is not required as this is a standalone setup, only do so if you also want to switch from Cypress to Playwright.