diff --git a/docker/pypi/wmagent-base/Dockerfile b/docker/pypi/wmagent-base/Dockerfile
index 885cd2488..fb9aa6970 100644
--- a/docker/pypi/wmagent-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/pypi/wmagent-base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.cern.ch/cmsweb/oracle:21_5-stable as oracle
+FROM registry.cern.ch/cmsweb/oracle:23_9-go1.25-oci8-deb13-aio-stable as oracle
 FROM registry.cern.ch/cmsweb/dmwm-base:pypi-20250905-stable
 
 # see https://docs.docker.com/build/building/best-practices/#apt-get
diff --git a/docker/pypi/wmagent/Dockerfile b/docker/pypi/wmagent/Dockerfile
index 814430b1b..3d6f9932d 100644
--- a/docker/pypi/wmagent/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/pypi/wmagent/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile-upstream:master
-FROM registry.cern.ch/cmsweb/wmagent-base:pypi-20250905-stable
+FROM registry.cern.ch/cmsweb/wmagent-base:pypi-20251008-stable
 MAINTAINER Valentin Kuznetsov vkuznet@gmail.com
 
 # TAG to be passed at build time through `--build-arg TAG=<WMA_TAG>`. Default: None
diff --git a/docker/pypi/wmagent/wmagent-docker-run.sh b/docker/pypi/wmagent/wmagent-docker-run.sh
index 6048e88c8..c467d9981 100755
--- a/docker/pypi/wmagent/wmagent-docker-run.sh
+++ b/docker/pypi/wmagent/wmagent-docker-run.sh
@@ -178,6 +178,3 @@ docker exec -u root -it wmagent cp /etc/s-nail_host.rc /etc/s-nail.rc
 docker exec -u root -it wmagent sh -c "printf 'set v15-compat\nset smtp-auth=none\nset mta=smtp://127.0.0.1:25' >> /etc/s-nail.rc"
 # Change mail to use s-nail
 docker exec -u root -it wmagent update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/mailx mailx /usr/bin/s-nail 50 --slave /usr/bin/mail mail /usr/bin/s-nail
-
-# Workaround for libaio1 package renamed in Debian trixie
-docker exec -u root -it wmagent ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaio.so.1t64.0.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaio.so.1