diff --git a/examples/apptainer-rootful.yaml b/examples/apptainer-rootful.yaml
index c67a20444a5..54b76a8a859 100644
--- a/examples/apptainer-rootful.yaml
+++ b/examples/apptainer-rootful.yaml
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/apptainer.yaml b/examples/apptainer.yaml
index 16b82f3da19..bce12a9ab23 100644
--- a/examples/apptainer.yaml
+++ b/examples/apptainer.yaml
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/buildkit.yaml b/examples/buildkit.yaml
index 6f1d4231a6c..22b03000db4 100644
--- a/examples/buildkit.yaml
+++ b/examples/buildkit.yaml
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ message: |
  -------
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:415123eb3b3ba1841e39a25d0dd82da43f968c7625b9cdf6312235b9b8ec17e9"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:373e8866d33909b283b14c86c18f8a48844c8f9fe6aed3ca280288846fc4fb74"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 containerd:
diff --git a/examples/default.yaml b/examples/default.yaml
index db30add4931..c1674d3e759 100644
--- a/examples/default.yaml
+++ b/examples/default.yaml
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ arch: null
 # 🔵 This file: Ubuntu images
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:415123eb3b3ba1841e39a25d0dd82da43f968c7625b9cdf6312235b9b8ec17e9"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:373e8866d33909b283b14c86c18f8a48844c8f9fe6aed3ca280288846fc4fb74"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 # CPUs
diff --git a/examples/docker-rootful.yaml b/examples/docker-rootful.yaml
index fc619617d7d..ce254dbf676 100644
--- a/examples/docker-rootful.yaml
+++ b/examples/docker-rootful.yaml
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@
 # This template requires Lima v0.20.0 or later
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/docker.yaml b/examples/docker.yaml
index 264149c0f0d..0ce8eeeec50 100644
--- a/examples/docker.yaml
+++ b/examples/docker.yaml
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@
 # This template requires Lima v0.8.0 or later
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/experimental/9p.yaml b/examples/experimental/9p.yaml
index d7676401504..25478be852a 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/9p.yaml
+++ b/examples/experimental/9p.yaml
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 # This template is planned to be merged to default.yaml in Lima v1.0 (ETA: 2022 Q2).
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:415123eb3b3ba1841e39a25d0dd82da43f968c7625b9cdf6312235b9b8ec17e9"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:373e8866d33909b283b14c86c18f8a48844c8f9fe6aed3ca280288846fc4fb74"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/experimental/armv7l.yaml b/examples/experimental/armv7l.yaml
index 84063c64809..6789ec10383 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/armv7l.yaml
+++ b/examples/experimental/armv7l.yaml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 arch: "armv7l"
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-armhf.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-armhf.img"
   arch: "armv7l"
-  digest: "sha256:f06f56c01cf2833107d21cb637de989653ad75e820cea3aab2e68ec9399bd3a2"
+  digest: "sha256:8713000ae4d230acda4edb8c1161dcd71ffb6861eac0837bd1b3b0d5fe402f60"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-armhf.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-armhf.img"
   arch: "armv7l"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/experimental/net-user-v2.yaml b/examples/experimental/net-user-v2.yaml
index 1e9dbd7e4fb..3c1682e2d5c 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/net-user-v2.yaml
+++ b/examples/experimental/net-user-v2.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # A template to run lima instance with experimental user-v2 network enabled
 # This template requires Lima v0.16.0 or later.
 images:
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 hostResolver:
diff --git a/examples/experimental/riscv64.yaml b/examples/experimental/riscv64.yaml
index 17936732d13..400843dbcd4 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/riscv64.yaml
+++ b/examples/experimental/riscv64.yaml
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 
 arch: "riscv64"
 images:
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-riscv64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-riscv64.img"
   arch: "riscv64"
-  digest: "sha256:d940c6c8072800ebf853ee16b9c3e94f7c8ce26662541d3ce7af163407ccbc71"
+  digest: "sha256:cf83a85b5cafdf994c4fe2647915547e3184169e76c7da642912c2f6e493681c"
   kernel:
     # Extracted from http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/u/u-boot/u-boot-qemu_2023.07+dfsg-1_all.deb (GPL-2.0)
     location: "https://github.com/lima-vm/u-boot-qemu-mirror/releases/download/2023.07%2Bdfsg-7/qemu-riscv64_smode_uboot.elf"
     digest: "sha256:d4b3a10c3ef04219641802a586dca905e768805f5a5164fb68520887df54f33c"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-riscv64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-riscv64.img"
   arch: "riscv64"
   kernel:
     # Extracted from http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/u/u-boot/u-boot-qemu_2023.07+dfsg-1_all.deb (GPL-2.0)
diff --git a/examples/experimental/rke2.yaml b/examples/experimental/rke2.yaml
index fb857c8d1ee..bded4fcdc3a 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/rke2.yaml
+++ b/examples/experimental/rke2.yaml
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
 
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 # Mounts are disabled in this template, but can be enabled optionally.
diff --git a/examples/experimental/u7s.yaml b/examples/experimental/u7s.yaml
index 65aaee75c2d..e32b5903a50 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/u7s.yaml
+++ b/examples/experimental/u7s.yaml
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@
 # This template requires Lima v0.8.0 or later
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 # Mounts are disabled in this template, but can be enabled optionally.
diff --git a/examples/experimental/virtiofs-linux.yaml b/examples/experimental/virtiofs-linux.yaml
index 8da519bf68d..06948eed311 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/virtiofs-linux.yaml
+++ b/examples/experimental/virtiofs-linux.yaml
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 #   for all operations.
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:415123eb3b3ba1841e39a25d0dd82da43f968c7625b9cdf6312235b9b8ec17e9"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:373e8866d33909b283b14c86c18f8a48844c8f9fe6aed3ca280288846fc4fb74"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/experimental/vnc.yaml b/examples/experimental/vnc.yaml
index c2158d8caeb..fe0f0b6641a 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/vnc.yaml
+++ b/examples/experimental/vnc.yaml
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 # This template requires Lima v0.20.0 or later.
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:415123eb3b3ba1841e39a25d0dd82da43f968c7625b9cdf6312235b9b8ec17e9"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:373e8866d33909b283b14c86c18f8a48844c8f9fe6aed3ca280288846fc4fb74"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/experimental/vz.yaml b/examples/experimental/vz.yaml
index 291b36769fb..6af217eda4d 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/vz.yaml
+++ b/examples/experimental/vz.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ rosetta:
 # Note: On Intel Mac, macOS >= 13.5 is required to boot kernel v6.2 (used by Ubuntu 23.04, Fedora 38, etc.) with vz.
 # https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/issues/1577
 images:
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/faasd.yaml b/examples/faasd.yaml
index afdfae238b2..e4516bda12f 100644
--- a/examples/faasd.yaml
+++ b/examples/faasd.yaml
@@ -24,20 +24,19 @@ message: |
   faas-cli store deploy NodeInfo
   ------
 
-# Image is set to jammy (22.04 LTS) for long-term stability
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 # Mounts are disabled in this template, but can be enabled optionally.
diff --git a/examples/k3s.yaml b/examples/k3s.yaml
index a6262407dfe..03df9b7e107 100644
--- a/examples/k3s.yaml
+++ b/examples/k3s.yaml
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@
 
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 # Mounts are disabled in this template, but can be enabled optionally.
diff --git a/examples/k8s.yaml b/examples/k8s.yaml
index 42af1a77539..cd976de74c4 100644
--- a/examples/k8s.yaml
+++ b/examples/k8s.yaml
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@
 # This template requires Lima v0.20.0 or later.
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 # Mounts are disabled in this template, but can be enabled optionally.
diff --git a/examples/ubuntu-lts.yaml b/examples/ubuntu-lts.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e3e35f14624..00000000000
--- a/examples/ubuntu-lts.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# This template requires Lima v0.7.0 or later.
-images:
-# Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
-  arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:42dcf9757e75c3275486b397a752fb535c7cd8e5232ee5ee349554b7a55f1702"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release-20240308/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
-  arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:0f5f68b9b74686b8a847024364031e2b95e4d3855e5177a99b33d7c55e45907f"
-# Fallback to the latest release image.
-# Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
-  arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
-  arch: "aarch64"
-
-mounts:
-- location: "~"
-- location: "/tmp/lima"
-  writable: true
diff --git a/examples/ubuntu-lts.yaml b/examples/ubuntu-lts.yaml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..37d9e607721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ubuntu-lts.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ubuntu.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/ubuntu.yaml b/examples/ubuntu.yaml
index f76b9a41e17..30dbd344076 100644
--- a/examples/ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/examples/ubuntu.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # This template requires Lima v0.7.0 or later.
 images:
 # Try to use release-yyyyMMdd image if available. Note that release-yyyyMMdd will be removed after several months.
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:415123eb3b3ba1841e39a25d0dd82da43f968c7625b9cdf6312235b9b8ec17e9"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:373e8866d33909b283b14c86c18f8a48844c8f9fe6aed3ca280288846fc4fb74"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/examples/vmnet.yaml b/examples/vmnet.yaml
index 7e843d1936c..fbbb60dc03f 100644
--- a/examples/vmnet.yaml
+++ b/examples/vmnet.yaml
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@
 # This template requires Lima v0.7.0 or later.
 # Older versions of Lima were using a different syntax for supporting vmnet.framework.
 images:
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-  digest: "sha256:415123eb3b3ba1841e39a25d0dd82da43f968c7625b9cdf6312235b9b8ec17e9"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240307/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+  digest: "sha256:32a9d30d18803da72f5936cf2b7b9efcb4d0bb63c67933f17e3bdfd1751de3f3"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release-20240423/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
-  digest: "sha256:373e8866d33909b283b14c86c18f8a48844c8f9fe6aed3ca280288846fc4fb74"
+  digest: "sha256:c841bac00925d3e6892d979798103a867931f255f28fefd9d5e07e3e22d0ef22"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/hack/test-templates/test-misc.yaml b/hack/test-templates/test-misc.yaml
index e557766796d..35f74c8e7ec 100644
--- a/hack/test-templates/test-misc.yaml
+++ b/hack/test-templates/test-misc.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ images:
   digest: "sha256:9620f479bd5a6cbf1e805654d41b27f4fc56ef20f916c8331558241734de81ae"
 # Fallback to the latest release image.
 # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the cache
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 
 mounts:
diff --git a/website/content/en/docs/Config/VMType/_index.md b/website/content/en/docs/Config/VMType/_index.md
index ccd21938c4c..a9a7d1511e7 100644
--- a/website/content/en/docs/Config/VMType/_index.md
+++ b/website/content/en/docs/Config/VMType/_index.md
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ limactl start --vm-type=vz --mount-type=virtiofs
 # Example to run ubuntu using vmType: vz instead of qemu (Default)
 vmType: "vz"
 images:
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
   arch: "x86_64"
-- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
+- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
   arch: "aarch64"
 mounts:
   - location: "~"