diff --git a/projects/e2fsprogs/Dockerfile b/projects/e2fsprogs/Dockerfile
index 484525ba6685..b5b5787039b3 100644
--- a/projects/e2fsprogs/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/e2fsprogs/Dockerfile
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder
-RUN apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades --allow-remove-essential --allow-change-held-packages git make texinfo
+FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder:ubuntu-24-04
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git make texinfo
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tytso/e2fsprogs
 
 COPY build.sh $SRC/
diff --git a/projects/e2fsprogs/project.yaml b/projects/e2fsprogs/project.yaml
index 4558ff33b8c3..93a8883c04d9 100644
--- a/projects/e2fsprogs/project.yaml
+++ b/projects/e2fsprogs/project.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ auto_ccs:
   - "tytso@google.com"
   - "mxms@google.com"
 main_repo: 'https://github.com/tytso/e2fsprogs'
-
+base_os_version: ubuntu-24-04
 fuzzing_engines:
   - afl
   - honggfuzz