diff --git a/changelog/fragments/1729750939-crossbuild-debian11.yaml b/changelog/fragments/1729750939-crossbuild-debian11.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd3b512f1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/1729750939-crossbuild-debian11.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+kind: breaking-change
+summary: crossbuild-debian11
+description: We're dropping support for Debian 10, so no need to crossbuild using the outdated image anymore. This also updates the statically linked glibc from 2.19 to 2.31.
+component: elastic-agent
diff --git a/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go b/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go
index edb7c5c882a..30750602118 100644
--- a/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go
+++ b/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ func CrossBuildImage(platform string) (string, error) {
 
 	switch {
 	case platform == "darwin/amd64":
-		tagSuffix = "darwin-debian10"
+		tagSuffix = "darwin-debian11"
 	case platform == "darwin/arm64" || platform == "darwin/universal":
-		tagSuffix = "darwin-arm64-debian10"
+		tagSuffix = "darwin-arm64-debian11"
 	case platform == "linux/arm64":
 		tagSuffix = "arm"
 	case platform == "linux/armv5" || platform == "linux/armv6":
@@ -235,15 +235,13 @@ func CrossBuildImage(platform string) (string, error) {
 	case platform == "linux/armv7":
 		tagSuffix = "armhf"
 	case strings.HasPrefix(platform, "linux/mips"):
-		tagSuffix = "mips-debian10"
+		tagSuffix = "mips-debian11"
 	case strings.HasPrefix(platform, "linux/ppc"):
-		tagSuffix = "ppc-debian10"
+		tagSuffix = "ppc-debian11"
 	case platform == "linux/s390x":
-		tagSuffix = "s390x-debian10"
+		tagSuffix = "s390x-debian11"
 	case strings.HasPrefix(platform, "linux"):
-		// Use an older version of libc to gain greater OS compatibility.
-		// Debian 8 uses glibc 2.19.
-		tagSuffix = "main-debian8"
+		tagSuffix = "main-debian11"
 	}
 
 	goVersion, err := GoVersion()