diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py b/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py
index 34522d9eef..a4e1ddea8b 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class Containerize():
 		self.host = result.group(0)
 		if self.host == 'Ubuntu':
 			self.cli = 'docker'
-			self.dockerfileprefix = '.ubuntu22'
+			self.dockerfileprefix = '.ubuntu'
 			self.cliBuildOptions = ''
 		elif self.host == 'Red Hat':
 			self.cli = 'sudo podman'
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class Containerize():
 				imageNames.append(('oai-gnb', 'gNB.fhi72', 'oai-gnb-fhi72', ''))
 		result = re.search('build_cross_arm64', self.imageKind)
 		if result is not None:
-			self.dockerfileprefix = '.ubuntu22.cross-arm64'
+			self.dockerfileprefix = '.ubuntu.cross-arm64'
 		result = re.search('native_arm', self.imageKind)
 		if result is not None:
 			imageNames.append(('oai-gnb', 'gNB', 'oai-gnb', ''))
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ class Containerize():
 			return False
 
 		# build ran-unittests image
-		dockerfile = "ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu22"
+		dockerfile = "ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu"
 		logfile = f'{lSourcePath}/cmake_targets/log/unittest-build.log'
 		ret = cmd.run(f'docker build --progress=plain --tag ran-unittests:{baseTag} --file {dockerfile} . &> {logfile}')
 		archiveArtifact(cmd, ctx, logfile)
diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_static_code_analysis.py b/ci-scripts/cls_static_code_analysis.py
index 8b0ec05352..62e9416082 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_static_code_analysis.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_static_code_analysis.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class StaticCodeAnalysis():
 		logDir = f'{lSourcePath}/cmake_targets/log/'
 		cmd.run(f'mkdir -p {logDir}')
 		cmd.run('docker image rm oai-formatting-check:latest')
-		cmd.run(f'docker build --target oai-formatting-check --tag oai-formatting-check:latest {check_options} --file {lSourcePath}/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.bionic {lSourcePath} > {logDir}/oai-formatting-check.txt 2>&1')
+		cmd.run(f'docker build --target oai-formatting-check --tag oai-formatting-check:latest {check_options} --file {lSourcePath}/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.ubuntu {lSourcePath} > {logDir}/oai-formatting-check.txt 2>&1')
 
 		cmd.run('docker image rm oai-formatting-check:latest')
 		cmd.run('docker image prune --force')
diff --git a/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.cppcheck.xenial b/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.cppcheck.xenial
index 5a61532346..f2c5856358 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.cppcheck.xenial
+++ b/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.cppcheck.xenial
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ FROM ubuntu:xenial AS oai-cppcheck
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
        build-essential \
        vim \
        cppcheck
diff --git a/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.bionic b/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.ubuntu
similarity index 92%
rename from ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.bionic
rename to ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.ubuntu
index a8d58f511c..382dcb3514 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.bionic
+++ b/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.ubuntu
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-FROM ubuntu:bionic AS oai-formatting-check
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-formatting-check
 
 ARG MERGE_REQUEST
 ARG SRC_BRANCH
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ ARG TARGET_BRANCH
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
        gawk \
        git
 
diff --git a/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu22 b/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu
similarity index 98%
rename from ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu22
rename to ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu
index 627b0d07f7..eb18bc24c4 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu22
+++ b/ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/ci-scripts/yaml_files/local_common_overrides/build_images.yaml b/ci-scripts/yaml_files/local_common_overrides/build_images.yaml
index a771289ae4..d738ccb2ff 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/yaml_files/local_common_overrides/build_images.yaml
+++ b/ci-scripts/yaml_files/local_common_overrides/build_images.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
     image: ran-base
     build:
       context: ../../../
-      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu
       tags:
         - ran-base
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
     image: ran-build
     build:
       context: ../../../
-      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu
       tags:
         - ran-build
     depends_on:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
     image: gnb-local
     build:
       context: ../../../
-      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu22
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu
       tags:
         - gnb-local
     depends_on:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ services:
     image: ue-local
     build:
       context: ../../../
-      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu22
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu
       tags:
         - ue-local
     depends_on:
diff --git a/cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake b/cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake
index 9480fc0fe0..09d6b25e70 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake
+++ b/cmake_targets/cross-arm.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR arm)
 
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-11)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-g++-11)
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-g++)
 
 set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR} "/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig")
 
diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index f13dd314ef..dc9678263b 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ check_install_usrp_uhd_driver(){
         $SUDO apt-get remove libuhd3.14.1 -y || true
         $SUDO apt-get remove libuhd3.15.0 -y || true
         local distribution=$(get_distribution_release)
-        if [[ "$distribution" == "ubuntu20.04" || "$distribution" == "ubuntu22.04" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$distribution" == "ubuntu20.04" || "$distribution" == "ubuntu22.04" || "$distribution" == "ubuntu24.04" ]]; then
             $SUDO apt-get remove libuhd4.?.? -y || true
         fi
         v=$(lsb_release -cs)
diff --git a/doc/Aerial_FAPI_Split_Tutorial.md b/doc/Aerial_FAPI_Split_Tutorial.md
index 1d8132e38d..4192a8689f 100644
--- a/doc/Aerial_FAPI_Split_Tutorial.md
+++ b/doc/Aerial_FAPI_Split_Tutorial.md
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ With the nvIPC sources in the project directory, the docker image can be built.
 In order to build the target image (`oai-gnb-aerial`), first you should build a common shared image (`ran-base`)
 ```bash
 ~$ cd ~/openairinterface5g/
-~/openairinterface5g$ docker build . -f docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22 --tag ran-base:latest
-~/openairinterface5g$ docker build . -f docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu22 --tag oai-gnb-aerial:latest
+~/openairinterface5g$ docker build . -f docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu --tag ran-base:latest
+~/openairinterface5g$ docker build . -f docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu --tag oai-gnb-aerial:latest
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index 40f838750a..f3e30b57ce 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -138,4 +138,4 @@ The other SDRs (AW2S, LimeSDR, ...) have no READMEs.
 
 - [formatting](../tools/formatting/README.md) is a clang-format error detection tool
 - [iwyu](../tools/iwyu/README.md) is a tool to detect `#include` errors
-- [docker-dev-env](../tools/docker-dev-env/README.md) is a ubuntu22 docker development environment
+- [docker-dev-env](../tools/docker-dev-env/README.md) is a ubuntu24 docker development environment
diff --git a/doc/TESTBenches.md b/doc/TESTBenches.md
index 2e0a26b2f9..f6a77c2d09 100644
--- a/doc/TESTBenches.md
+++ b/doc/TESTBenches.md
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ information on how the images are built.
 - [RAN-ARM-Cross-Compile-Builder](https://jenkins-oai.eurecom.fr/job/RAN-ARM-Cross-Compile-Builder/)
   ~BUILD-ONLY ~4G-LTE ~5G-NR ~nrUE
   - orion: Cross-compilation from Intel to ARM
-  - base image from `Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22.cross-arm64`
-  - build image from `Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22.cross-arm64` (no target images)
+  - base image from `Dockerfile.base.ubuntu.cross-arm64`
+  - build image from `Dockerfile.build.ubuntu.cross-arm64` (no target images)
 - [RAN-cppcheck](https://jenkins-oai.eurecom.fr/job/RAN-cppcheck/)
   ~BUILD-ONLY ~4G-LTE ~5G-NR ~nrUE
   - bellatrix
@@ -112,29 +112,29 @@ information on how the images are built.
   - build image from `Dockerfile.clang.rhel9` (compilation only, artifacts not used currently)
 - [RAN-Ubuntu18-Image-Builder](https://jenkins-oai.eurecom.fr/job/RAN-Ubuntu18-Image-Builder/)
   ~BUILD-ONLY ~4G-LTE ~5G-NR ~nrUE
-  - run formatting check from `ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.bionic`
+  - run formatting check from `ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.formatting.ubuntu`
   - obelix: Ubuntu 22 image build using docker (Note: builds U22 images while pipeline is named U18!)
-  - base image from `Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22`
-  - build image from `Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22`, followed by
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu22`
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu22`
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu22`
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu22`
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.lteUE.ubuntu22`
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.lteRU.ubuntu22`
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu22`
-  - build image from `Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu22`, followed by
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu22`
-  - build unit tests from `ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu22`, and run them
+  - base image from `Dockerfile.base.ubuntu`
+  - build image from `Dockerfile.build.ubuntu`, followed by
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu`
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu`
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu`
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu`
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.lteUE.ubuntu`
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.lteRU.ubuntu`
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu`
+  - build image from `Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu`, followed by
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu`
+  - build unit tests from `ci-scripts/docker/Dockerfile.unittest.ubuntu`, and run them
 - [RAN-Ubuntu-ARM-Image-Builder](https://jenkins-oai.eurecom.fr/job/RAN-Ubuntu-ARM-Image-Builder/)
   ~BUILD-ONLY ~4G-LTE ~5G-NR
   - gracehopper3-oai: ARM Ubuntu 22 image build using docker
-  - base image from `Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22`
-  - build image from `Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22`, followed by
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu22`
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu22`
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu22`
-    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu22`
+  - base image from `Dockerfile.base.ubuntu`
+  - build image from `Dockerfile.build.ubuntu`, followed by
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu`
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu`
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu`
+    - target image from `Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu`
 
 #### Image Test pipelines
 
diff --git a/doc/cross-compile.md b/doc/cross-compile.md
index 0a0ce3b1ba..79c4bae761 100644
--- a/doc/cross-compile.md
+++ b/doc/cross-compile.md
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list "/etc/apt/sources.list.`date`.backup"
 sudo sed -i -E "s/(deb)\ (http:.+)/\1\ [arch=amd64]\ \2/" /etc/apt/sources.list
 
 sudo apt update
-sudo apt install -y gcc-11-aarch64-linux-gnu \
-                    g++-11-aarch64-linux-gnu
+sudo apt install -y gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu \
+                    g++-aarch64-linux-gnu
 
 sudo apt-get install -y \
     libblas-dev:arm64 \
@@ -97,5 +97,5 @@ ninja params_libconfig coding rfsimulator
 # Further information
 
 You can do the above steps using docker, see dockerfiles
-`docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22.cross-arm64` and
-`docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22.cross-arm64` for more information.
+`docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu.cross-arm64` and
+`docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu.cross-arm64` for more information.
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu
similarity index 86%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu
index ba8707d4db..959b863368 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS ran-base
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS ran-base
 ARG NEEDED_GIT_PROXY
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
@@ -36,16 +36,13 @@ ENV UHD_VERSION=4.4.0.0
 
 #install developers pkg/repo
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
        #gcc needed for build_oai
        build-essential \
        ccache \
        psmisc \
        git \
-       #use gcc-12 to avoid problems of default gcc-11 in FlexRIC
-       gcc-12 \
-       g++-12 \
        xxd \
        libpcre2-dev \
        python3-dev \
@@ -55,8 +52,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
        # python3-pip for conf template generation
        python3-pip \
        wget && \
-    update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-12 100 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-12 && \
-    pip3 install --ignore-installed pyyaml
+    # --break-system-packages allows externally managed environment in pip 
+    pip3 install --ignore-installed pyyaml --break-system-packages
 
 # Add "Tini - A tiny but valid init for containers", https://github.com/krallin/tini
 # it will be copied into target containers, to print exit numbers and handle signals properly
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22.cross-arm64 b/docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu.cross-arm64
similarity index 79%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22.cross-arm64
rename to docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu.cross-arm64
index 1bcba7bdd6..1365df71fe 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22.cross-arm64
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu.cross-arm64
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04 to cross-compile for ARM64
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04 to cross-compile for ARM64
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# Very important, the jammy image shall not be using mirrors. A lot of them do NOT support ARM64.
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS ran-base
+# Very important, the noble image shall not be using mirrors. A lot of them do NOT support ARM64.
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS ran-base
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe/Paris
 # Specifying a working version of SIMDE for ARM:
@@ -34,22 +34,23 @@ ENV SIMDE_VERSION=389f360a66d4a3bec62b7d71ad8be877487809ba
 
 #install developers pkg/repo
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
     #enabling arm64 architecture
     dpkg --add-architecture arm64 && \
-    echo "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ jammy main restricted\n" \
-         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ jammy-updates main restricted\n" \
-         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ jammy universe\n" \
-         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ jammy-updates universe\n" \
-         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ jammy multiverse\n" \
-         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ jammy-updates multiverse\n" \
-         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse" \
+    echo "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ noble main restricted\n" \
+         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ noble-updates main restricted\n" \
+         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ noble universe\n" \
+         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ noble-updates universe\n" \
+         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ noble multiverse\n" \
+         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ noble-updates multiverse\n" \
+         "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse" \
          | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arm-cross-compile-sources.list && \
     cp /etc/apt/sources.list "/etc/apt/sources.list.`date`.backup" && \
     sed -i -E "s/(deb)\ (http:.+)/\1\ [arch=amd64]\ \2/" /etc/apt/sources.list && \
+    sed -i '/^Components:/a Architectures: amd64' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources && \
     apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
       build-essential \
       psmisc \
       git \
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
       libyaml-cpp-dev:arm64 \
       # cross build libs and compilers
       libc6-dev-i386 \
-      gcc-11-aarch64-linux-gnu \
-      g++-11-aarch64-linux-gnu && \
+      gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu \
+      g++-aarch64-linux-gnu && \
     apt-get clean
 
 # Add "Tini - A tiny but valid init for containers", https://github.com/krallin/tini
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.native_arm.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.native_arm.ubuntu
similarity index 92%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.native_arm.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.native_arm.ubuntu
index b796122bf3..96f50fa485 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.native_arm.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.native_arm.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface RAN Build for FHI 7.2
-#               Valid for UBUNTU 22.04
+#               Valid for UBUNTU 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ ARG KPM_VERSION=KPM_V3_00
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         meson \
         wget \
         xz-utils \
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ RUN mkdir -p openair2/E2AP/flexric/build && \
     cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
           -DXAPP_MULTILANGUAGE=OFF \
           -DKPM_VERSION=$KPM_VERSION \
-          -DE2AP_VERSION=$E2AP_VERSION \
-          -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-12 \
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-12 .. && \
+          -DE2AP_VERSION=$E2AP_VERSION .. && \
     ninja && \
     ninja install
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu
similarity index 91%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu
index 4674648285..7b3ade05b0 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface RAN Build for FHI 7.2
-#               Valid for UBUNTU 22.04
+#               Valid for UBUNTU 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ ARG KPM_VERSION=KPM_V3_00
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         meson \
         wget \
         xz-utils \
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ RUN mkdir -p openair2/E2AP/flexric/build && \
     cd openair2/E2AP/flexric/build && \
     cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
           -DKPM_VERSION=$KPM_VERSION \
-          -DE2AP_VERSION=$E2AP_VERSION \
-          -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-12 \
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-12 .. && \
+          -DE2AP_VERSION=$E2AP_VERSION .. && \
     ninja && \
     ninja install
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu
similarity index 94%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu
index c11946ecdb..b2cc9c6888 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ RUN \
     cd openair2/E2AP/flexric/build && \
     cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
           -DKPM_VERSION=$KPM_VERSION \
-          -DE2AP_VERSION=$E2AP_VERSION \
-          -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-12 \
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-12 .. && \
+          -DE2AP_VERSION=$E2AP_VERSION .. && \
     ninja && \
     ninja install
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22.cross-arm64 b/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu.cross-arm64
similarity index 98%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22.cross-arm64
rename to docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu.cross-arm64
index 78c7a64f64..a7978bb6fa 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22.cross-arm64
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu.cross-arm64
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04 to cross-compile for ARM64
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04 to cross-compile for ARM64
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu
similarity index 84%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu
index 44797cd7f5..31e0adce30 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@ FROM ran-build:latest AS enb-build
 
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS oai-enb
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-enb
 ARG BUILD_OPTION
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe/Paris
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         software-properties-common \
         procps \
         libsctp1 \
-        libboost-chrono1.74.0 \
-        libboost-date-time1.74.0 \
-        libboost-filesystem1.74.0 \
-        libboost-regex1.74.0 \
-        libboost-serialization1.74.0 \
-        libboost-thread1.74.0 \
-        libboost-system1.74.0 \
-        libboost-program-options1.74.0 \
+        libboost-chrono1.83.0 \
+        libboost-date-time1.83.0 \
+        libboost-filesystem1.83.0 \
+        libboost-regex1.83.0 \
+        libboost-serialization1.83.0 \
+        libboost-thread1.83.0 \
+        libboost-system1.83.0 \
+        libboost-program-options1.83.0 \
         tzdata \
         libblas3 \
         libconfig9 \
@@ -73,18 +73,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get remove -y wget && \
 # if the --sanitize option was used to build, additional packages are required
     /bin/bash -c 'if [[ "$BUILD_OPTION" = "--sanitize" ]]; then DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
-        #libasan5 \ # see below
+        libasan8 \ 
         libubsan1 \
         liblapacke; fi' && \
     apt-get clean -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# we select another compile (gcc-12) for compilation, requiring another libasan
-# library version. Installing it above would install the wrong version. Hence,
-# copy the right version from ran-build. When upgrading to Ubuntu24, install
-# the correct one above!
-COPY --from=enb-build /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasan.so.8.0.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
-
 WORKDIR /opt/oai-enb/bin
 COPY --from=enb-build \
     /oai-ran/cmake_targets/ran_build/build/lte-softmodem ./
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu
similarity index 95%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu
index 07bc569586..c31025e039 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ RUN /bin/sh oaienv && \
 
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS oai-gnb-aerial
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-gnb-aerial
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         software-properties-common \
         procps \
         libsctp1 \
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu22.sanitize-address b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu.sanitize-address
similarity index 95%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu22.sanitize-address
rename to docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu.sanitize-address
index c8d35aee55..c2bbe7ac88 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu22.sanitize-address
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aerial.ubuntu.sanitize-address
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ RUN /bin/sh oaienv && \
 
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS oai-gnb-aerial
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-gnb-aerial
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         software-properties-common \
         procps \
         libsctp1 \
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aw2s.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aw2s.ubuntu
similarity index 95%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aw2s.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aw2s.ubuntu
index 11893171db..b55977dfab 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aw2s.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.aw2s.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ RUN /bin/sh oaienv && \
     ./build_oai -w AW2SORI -t Ethernet
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
-FROM ubuntu:jammy as oai-gnb-aw2s
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-gnb-aw2s
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         procps \
         libsctp1 \
         tzdata \
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu
similarity index 95%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu
index eb781281ec..fb9d1d43f7 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface 7.2 Fronthaul 
-#      Valid for Ubuntu22.04
+#      Valid for Ubuntu24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ FROM ran-build-fhi72:latest AS gnb-build
 
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS oai-gnb
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-gnb
 ARG BUILD_OPTION
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         software-properties-common \
         procps \
         pkg-config \
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         libyaml-cpp-dev && \
 # if the --sanitize option was used to build, additional packages are required
     /bin/bash -c 'if [[ "$BUILD_OPTION" = "--sanitize" ]]; then DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
-        libasan5 \
+        libasan8 \
         libubsan1 \
         liblapacke; fi' && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu
similarity index 77%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu
index ea7b538c41..86fa6d8cbe 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu20.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@ FROM ran-build:latest AS gnb-build
 
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS oai-gnb
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-gnb
 ARG BUILD_OPTION
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe/Paris
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         software-properties-common \
         procps \
         libsctp1 \
-        libboost-chrono1.74.0 \
-        libboost-date-time1.74.0 \
-        libboost-filesystem1.74.0 \
-        libboost-regex1.74.0 \
-        libboost-serialization1.74.0 \
-        libboost-thread1.74.0 \
-        libboost-system1.74.0 \
-        libboost-program-options1.74.0 \
+        libboost-chrono1.83.0 \
+        libboost-date-time1.83.0 \
+        libboost-filesystem1.83.0 \
+        libboost-regex1.83.0 \
+        libboost-serialization1.83.0 \
+        libboost-thread1.83.0 \
+        libboost-system1.83.0 \
+        libboost-program-options1.83.0 \
         tzdata \
         libblas3 \
         libconfig9 \
@@ -67,29 +67,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         libyaml-cpp-dev && \
 # if the --sanitize option was used to build, additional packages are required
     /bin/bash -c 'if [[ "$BUILD_OPTION" = "--sanitize" ]]; then DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
-        #libasan5 \ # see below
+        libasan8 \ 
         libubsan1 \
         liblapacke; fi' && \
     apt-get clean -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# we select another compile (gcc-12) for compilation, requiring another libasan
-# library version. Installing it above would install the wrong version. Hence,
-# copy the right version from ran-build. When upgrading to Ubuntu24, install
-# the correct one above!
-# note: this dockerfile should work for both x86 and arm, hence the glob below
-# which should either match "x86_64" (x86) or "aarch64" (ARM); since the target
-# directory needs to be also one of those two, but globs don't work in target
-# directories, work around this with mv
-COPY --from=gnb-build /usr/lib/*-linux-gnu/libasan.so.8.0.0 /usr/lib/
-ARG TARGETPLATFORM
-RUN case "${TARGETPLATFORM}" in \
-         "linux/amd64")  TARGET_DIR=x86_64-linux-gnu  ;; \
-         "linux/arm64")  TARGET_DIR=aarch64-linux-gnu  ;; \
-         *) exit 1 ;; \
-    esac; \
-    mv /usr/lib/libasan.so.8.0.0 /usr/lib/$TARGET_DIR/libasan.so.8.0.0
-
 WORKDIR /opt/oai-gnb/bin
 COPY --from=gnb-build \
     /oai-ran/cmake_targets/ran_build/build/nr-softmodem ./
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.lteRU.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.lteRU.ubuntu
similarity index 83%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.lteRU.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.lteRU.ubuntu
index 0f5f68932a..de7107f7fd 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.lteRU.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.lteRU.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,16 +31,24 @@ FROM ran-build:latest AS ru-build
 
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS oai-lte-ru
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-lte-ru
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe/Paris
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         tzdata \
         procps \
         software-properties-common \
+        libboost-chrono1.83.0 \
+        libboost-date-time1.83.0 \
+        libboost-filesystem1.83.0 \
+        libboost-regex1.83.0 \
+        libboost-serialization1.83.0 \
+        libboost-thread1.83.0 \
+        libboost-system1.83.0 \
+        libboost-program-options1.83.0 \
         libblas3 \
         libconfig9 \
         net-tools \
@@ -71,15 +79,6 @@ COPY --from=ru-base /usr/local/bin/uhd_find_devices /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=ru-base /usr/local/lib/libuhd.so.4.4.0 /usr/local/lib
 COPY --from=ru-base /usr/local/lib/uhd/utils/uhd_images_downloader.py /opt/oai-lte-ru/bin
 
-COPY --from=ru-base \
-    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_chrono.so.1.74.0 \
-    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_date_time.so.1.74.0 \
-    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.74.0 \
-    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_regex.so.1.74.0 \
-    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_serialization.so.1.74.0 \
-    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_thread.so.1.74.0 \
-    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.74.0 \
-    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
 
 RUN /bin/bash -c "ln -s /usr/local/lib/liboai_usrpdevif.so /usr/local/lib/liboai_device.so" && \
     ldconfig && \
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.lteUE.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.lteUE.ubuntu
similarity index 83%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.lteUE.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.lteUE.ubuntu
index 27623dbd33..2b088ddf55 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.lteUE.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.lteUE.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu20.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@ FROM ran-build:latest AS lte-ue-build
 
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS oai-lte-ue
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-lte-ue
 ARG BUILD_OPTION
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe/Paris
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         software-properties-common \
         procps \
         libsctp1 \
-        libboost-chrono1.74.0 \
-        libboost-date-time1.74.0 \
-        libboost-filesystem1.74.0 \
-        libboost-regex1.74.0 \
-        libboost-serialization1.74.0 \
-        libboost-thread1.74.0 \
-        libboost-system1.74.0 \
-        libboost-program-options1.74.0 \
+        libboost-chrono1.83.0 \
+        libboost-date-time1.83.0 \
+        libboost-filesystem1.83.0 \
+        libboost-regex1.83.0 \
+        libboost-serialization1.83.0 \
+        libboost-thread1.83.0 \
+        libboost-system1.83.0 \
+        libboost-program-options1.83.0 \
         tzdata \
         liblapacke \
         libblas3 \
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         python3 \
         python3-six \
         python3-requests \
-        libpython3.10 \
+        libpython3.12 \
         libusb-1.0-0 \
         iputils-ping \
         iproute2 \
@@ -74,18 +74,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get remove -y wget && \
 # if the --sanitize option was used to build, additional packages are required
     /bin/bash -c 'if [[ "$BUILD_OPTION" = "--sanitize" ]]; then DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
-        #libasan5 \ # see below
+        libasan8 \ 
         libubsan1 \
         liblapacke; fi' && \
     apt-get clean -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# we select another compile (gcc-12) for compilation, requiring another libasan
-# library version. Installing it above would install the wrong version. Hence,
-# copy the right version from ran-build. When upgrading to Ubuntu24, install
-# the correct one above!
-COPY --from=lte-ue-build /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasan.so.8.0.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
-
 WORKDIR /opt/oai-lte-ue/bin
 COPY --from=lte-ue-build \
     /oai-ran/cmake_targets/ran_build/build/lte-uesoftmodem \
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu
similarity index 69%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu
index 2952afa34b..2c3c58e7e3 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.nr-cuup.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu20.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ FROM ran-base:latest AS gnb-base
 FROM ran-build:latest AS gnb-build
 
 
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS oai-nr-cuup
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-nr-cuup
 ARG BUILD_OPTION
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         libsctp1 \
         libconfig9 \
         iproute2 \
@@ -45,27 +45,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         openssl && \
 # if the --sanitize option was used to build, additional packages are required
     /bin/bash -c 'if [[ "$BUILD_OPTION" = "--sanitize" ]]; then DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
-        #libasan5 \ see below
+        libasan8 \ 
         libubsan1 \
         liblapacke; fi' && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# we select another compile (gcc-12) for compilation, requiring another libasan
-# library version. Installing it above would install the wrong version. Hence,
-# copy the right version from ran-build. When upgrading to Ubuntu24, install
-# the correct one above!
-# note: this dockerfile should work for both x86 and arm, hence the glob below
-# which should either match "x86_64" (x86) or "aarch64" (ARM); since the target
-# directory needs to be also one of those two, but globs don't work in target
-# directories, work around this with mv
-COPY --from=gnb-build /usr/lib/*-linux-gnu/libasan.so.8.0.0 /usr/lib/
-ARG TARGETPLATFORM
-RUN case "${TARGETPLATFORM}" in \
-         "linux/amd64")  TARGET_DIR=x86_64-linux-gnu  ;; \
-         "linux/arm64")  TARGET_DIR=aarch64-linux-gnu  ;; \
-         *) exit 1 ;; \
-    esac; \
-    mv /usr/lib/libasan.so.8.0.0 /usr/lib/$TARGET_DIR/libasan.so.8.0.0
 ## Copy E2 SM models
 COPY --from=gnb-build /usr/local/lib/flexric /usr/local/lib/flexric
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu22 b/docker/Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu
similarity index 75%
rename from docker/Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu22
rename to docker/Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu
index c3b6592753..94876e9e14 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu22
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.nrUE.ubuntu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Dockerfile for the Open-Air-Interface BUILD service
-#   Valid for Ubuntu 22.04
+#   Valid for Ubuntu 24.04
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@ FROM ran-build:latest AS nr-ue-build
 
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
-FROM ubuntu:jammy AS oai-nr-ue
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS oai-nr-ue
 ARG BUILD_OPTION
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV TZ=Europe/Paris
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade --yes && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
+    apt-get upgrade --yes && \
+    apt-get install --yes \
         software-properties-common \
         procps \
         libsctp1 \
-        libboost-chrono1.74.0 \
-        libboost-date-time1.74.0 \
-        libboost-filesystem1.74.0 \
-        libboost-regex1.74.0 \
-        libboost-serialization1.74.0 \
-        libboost-thread1.74.0 \
-        libboost-system1.74.0 \
-        libboost-program-options1.74.0 \
+        libboost-chrono1.83.0 \
+        libboost-date-time1.83.0 \
+        libboost-filesystem1.83.0 \
+        libboost-regex1.83.0 \
+        libboost-serialization1.83.0 \
+        libboost-thread1.83.0 \
+        libboost-system1.83.0 \
+        libboost-program-options1.83.0 \
         tzdata \
         liblapacke \
         libblas3 \
@@ -68,28 +68,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         libyaml-cpp-dev && \
 # if the --sanitize option was used to build, additional packages are required
     /bin/bash -c 'if [[ "$BUILD_OPTION" = "--sanitize" ]]; then DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes \
-        #libasan5 \ # see below
+        libasan8 \
         libubsan1; fi' && \
     apt-get clean -y && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# we select another compile (gcc-12) for compilation, requiring another libasan
-# library version. Installing it above would install the wrong version. Hence,
-# copy the right version from ran-build. When upgrading to Ubuntu24, install
-# the correct one above!
-# note: this dockerfile should work for both x86 and arm, hence the glob below
-# which should either match "x86_64" (x86) or "aarch64" (ARM); since the target
-# directory needs to be also one of those two, but globs don't work in target
-# directories, work around this with mv
-COPY --from=nr-ue-build /usr/lib/*-linux-gnu/libasan.so.8.0.0 /usr/lib/
-ARG TARGETPLATFORM
-RUN case "${TARGETPLATFORM}" in \
-         "linux/amd64")  TARGET_DIR=x86_64-linux-gnu  ;; \
-         "linux/arm64")  TARGET_DIR=aarch64-linux-gnu  ;; \
-         *) exit 1 ;; \
-    esac; \
-    mv /usr/lib/libasan.so.8.0.0 /usr/lib/$TARGET_DIR/libasan.so.8.0.0
-
 WORKDIR /opt/oai-nr-ue/bin
 COPY --from=nr-ue-build \
     /oai-ran/cmake_targets/ran_build/build/nr-uesoftmodem \
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 36ec65698a..2249fb9c25 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Targets can be:
 The currently-supported OS are:
 
 - `rhel9` for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Openshift Universal Base Image
-- `ubuntu22` for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
+- `ubuntu` for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
 - `rocky` for Rocky-Linux 9
 
 For more details regarding the build on an Openshift Cluster, see [OpenShift README](../openshift/README.md).
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ There are two shared images: one that has all dependencies, and a second that co
 git clone https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g.git
 cd openairinterface5g
 # default branch is develop, to change use git checkout <BRANCH>
-docker build --target ran-base --tag ran-base:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22 .
+docker build --target ran-base --tag ran-base:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu .
 # if you want use USRP, AW2S and RFSimulator radios
-docker build --target ran-build --tag ran-build:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22 .
+docker build --target ran-build --tag ran-build:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu .
 # if you want to use front-haul 7.2 and RFSimulator radios
-docker build --tag ran-build-fhi72:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu22 .
+docker build --tag ran-build-fhi72:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.build.fhi72.ubuntu .
 ```
 
 After building:
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ This is only available for the Ubuntu version of Dockerfiles.
 You can, for example, create a `sanitizer` version of the ran-build image.
 
 ```bash
-docker build --target ran-build --tag ran-build:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu22 --build-arg "BUILD_OPTION=--sanitize" .
+docker build --target ran-build --tag ran-build:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu --build-arg "BUILD_OPTION=--sanitize" .
 ```
 
 Currently the `--sanitize` option for `build_oai` enables:
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ You can also use this docker build arguments to pass any available option(s) on
 For example, the eNB:
 
 ```bash
-docker build --target oai-enb --tag oai-enb:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu22 .
+docker build --target oai-enb --tag oai-enb:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.eNB.ubuntu .
 ```
 
 To build gNB/DU with 7.2 fronthaul support:
 
 ```bash
-docker build --target oai-gnb-fhi72 --tag oai-gnb-fhi72:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu22  .
+docker build --target oai-gnb-fhi72 --tag oai-gnb-fhi72:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.gNB.fhi72.ubuntu  .
 ```
 
 After a while:
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Note that the steps are identical for `rocky-linux`.
 If you have used the sanitizer option, then you should also pass it when building the target image:
 
 ```bash
-docker build --target oai-gnb --tag oai-gnb:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu22 --build-arg "BUILD_OPTION=--sanitize" .
+docker build --target oai-gnb --tag oai-gnb:latest --file docker/Dockerfile.gNB.ubuntu --build-arg "BUILD_OPTION=--sanitize" .
 ```
 
 Normally the target image will be around 200 Mbytes bigger.
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/CODING/3gpplte_turbo_decoder_sse_16bit.c b/openair1/PHY/CODING/3gpplte_turbo_decoder_sse_16bit.c
index 12cbe867a4..5a80f04a21 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/CODING/3gpplte_turbo_decoder_sse_16bit.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/CODING/3gpplte_turbo_decoder_sse_16bit.c
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ uint8_t phy_threegpplte_turbo_decoder16(int16_t *y,
 #elif defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
   int16x8_t *yp128;
   //  int16x8_t tmp128[(n+8)>>3];
-  int16x8_t tmp, zeros=vdupq_n_s16(0);
+  int16x8_t tmp = {}, zeros = {};
   const uint16_t __attribute__ ((aligned (16))) _Powers[8]=
   { 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128};
   uint16x8_t Powers= vld1q_u16(_Powers);
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/CODING/3gpplte_turbo_decoder_sse_8bit.c b/openair1/PHY/CODING/3gpplte_turbo_decoder_sse_8bit.c
index 0180bed149..63ec8ade8e 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/CODING/3gpplte_turbo_decoder_sse_8bit.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/CODING/3gpplte_turbo_decoder_sse_8bit.c
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ uint8_t phy_threegpplte_turbo_decoder8(int16_t *y,
 #elif defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
   int8x16_t *yp128;
   int8x16_t tmp128[(n+8)>>3];
-  int8x16_t tmp, zeros=vdupq_n_s8(0);
+  int8x16_t tmp = {}, zeros = {};
   const uint8_t __attribute__ ((aligned (16))) _Powers[16]=
   { 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 };
   // Set the powers of 2 (do it once for all, if applicable)
diff --git a/tools/docker-dev-env/README.md b/tools/docker-dev-env/README.md
index 5dcb15eb5c..63bd598725 100644
--- a/tools/docker-dev-env/README.md
+++ b/tools/docker-dev-env/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Description
 
-This contains bash scripts for managing a ubuntu22 dockerized development enviroment for OAI. No need to install any
+This contains bash scripts for managing a ubuntu24 dockerized development enviroment for OAI. No need to install any
 tools on host machines except for docker
 
  - `bootstrap.sh` - build development environment image and install the following bash aliases in `~/.bash_aliases`:
diff --git a/tools/docker-dev-env/bootstrap.sh b/tools/docker-dev-env/bootstrap.sh
index 8c21554dcf..e56be3fa91 100755
--- a/tools/docker-dev-env/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/tools/docker-dev-env/bootstrap.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fi
 
 if ! docker images | grep -q "ran-base"; then
     echo "ran-base:latest image not found. Building the image..."
-    docker build -f ../../docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22 -t ran-base:latest ../../
+    docker build -f ../../docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu -t ran-base:latest ../../
 else
     echo "ran-base:latest image found."
 fi