diff --git a/packer/build_image.sh b/packer/build_image.sh
index 249e5685..788f27c3 100755
--- a/packer/build_image.sh
+++ b/packer/build_image.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
 source "$DIR"/../SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN
 
 CREATION_TIMESTAMP=$(date -u '+%FT%H-%M-%S')
-OPERATING_SYSTEM="ubuntu22.04"
+OPERATING_SYSTEM="ubuntu24.04"
 EXIT_STATUS=0
 DRY_RUN=false
 DEBUG=false
@@ -257,13 +257,13 @@ if [ "$TARGET" = "aws" ]; then
     arch="$ARCH"
     case "$arch" in
       "x86_64")
-        SOURCE_AMI_FILTER="ubuntu-minimal/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64*"
+        SOURCE_AMI_FILTER="ubuntu-minimal/images/hvm-ssd-gp3/ubuntu-noble-24.04-amd64*"
         if [ -z "$INSTANCE_TYPE" ]; then
           INSTANCE_TYPE="c4.xlarge"
         fi
         ;;
       "aarch64")
-        SOURCE_AMI_FILTER="ubuntu-minimal/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-arm64*"
+        SOURCE_AMI_FILTER="ubuntu-minimal/images/hvm-ssd-gp3/ubuntu-noble-24.04-arm64*"
         if [ -z "$INSTANCE_TYPE" ]; then
           INSTANCE_TYPE="im4gn.2xlarge"
         fi
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ if [ "$TARGET" = "aws" ]; then
     PACKER_ARGS+=(-var scylla_ami_description="${SCYLLA_AMI_DESCRIPTION:0:255}")
 elif [ "$TARGET" = "gce" ]; then
     SSH_USERNAME=ubuntu
-    SOURCE_IMAGE_FAMILY="ubuntu-minimal-2204-lts"
+    SOURCE_IMAGE_FAMILY="ubuntu-minimal-2404-lts-amd64"
 
     PACKER_ARGS+=(-var source_image_family="$SOURCE_IMAGE_FAMILY")
 elif [ "$TARGET" = "azure" ]; then
diff --git a/packer/scylla.json b/packer/scylla.json
index e3b88a53..78800b67 100644
--- a/packer/scylla.json
+++ b/packer/scylla.json
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@
       "managed_image_name": "{{user `image_name`| clean_resource_name}}",
       "os_type": "Linux",
       "image_publisher": "Canonical",
-      "image_offer": "0001-com-ubuntu-minimal-jammy",
-      "image_sku": "minimal-22_04-lts-gen2",
+      "image_offer": "ubuntu-24_04-lts-daily",
+      "image_sku": "minimal",
       "azure_tags": {
         "scylla_version": "{{user `scylla_full_version`}}",
         "scylla_machine_image_version": "{{user `scylla_machine_image_version`}}",
@@ -171,20 +171,6 @@
     }
   ],
   "provisioners": [
-    {
-      "type": "shell",
-      "inline": [
-        "if [ {{build_name}} = aws -o {{build_name}} = azure ]; then sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt purge -y linux-{{build_name}}* linux-headers-{{build_name}}* linux-image*{{build_name}}* linux-modules*-{{build_name}}* && sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update && sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y linux-{{build_name}}-lts-22.04 && sudo reboot; fi"
-      ],
-      "expect_disconnect": true
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "shell",
-      "inline": [
-        "if [ {{build_name}} = gce ]; then sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt purge -y linux-gcp* linux-headers-gcp* linux-image*gcp* linux-modules*-gcp* && sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update && sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y linux-gcp-lts-22.04 && sudo reboot; fi"
-      ],
-      "expect_disconnect": true
-    },
     {
       "destination": "/home/{{user `ssh_username`}}/",
       "source": "files/",
diff --git a/packer/scylla_install_image b/packer/scylla_install_image
index 6742d141..ae7d5a3a 100755
--- a/packer/scylla_install_image
+++ b/packer/scylla_install_image
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         print('Error: need to specify --localdeb or --repo/--repo-for-install')
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    run('apt-get update --allow-insecure-repositories -y', shell=True, check=True)
+    run('apt-get install -y gnupg2', shell=True, check=True)
     run(f'mkdir -p {apt_keys_dir}; gpg --homedir /tmp --no-default-keyring --keyring {apt_keys_dir}/scylladb.gpg '
         f'--keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys d0a112e067426ab2 491c93b9de7496a7', shell=True, check=True)
 
@@ -92,16 +94,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     run('apt-get purge -y accountsservice', shell=True, check=True)
     run('apt-get purge -y acpid motd-news-config fwupd-signed', shell=True, check=True)
     run('apt-get purge -y udisks2', shell=True, check=True)
-    # cannot remove policykit since add-apt-repository depends on that,
-    # so just disable the service
-    run('systemctl disable polkit.service', shell=True, check=True)
 
     # drop packages does not needed anymore
     run('apt-get autoremove --purge -y', shell=True, check=True)
 
     if args.target_cloud == 'aws':
         run('apt-get install -y pip', shell=True, check=True)
-        run('pip install https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-examples/aws-cfn-bootstrap-py3-2.0-18.tar.gz', shell=True, check=True)
+        # run('pip3 install https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-examples/aws-cfn-bootstrap-latest.tar.gz', shell=True, check=True)
 
         # install .deb version of ssm-agent since we dropped snapd version
         run(f'curl -L -o /tmp/amazon-ssm-agent.deb https://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads-windows/SSMAgent/latest/debian_{deb_arch()}/amazon-ssm-agent.deb', shell=True, check=True)