diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
       - ADDED: all waypoints in responses now contain a `distance` property between the original coordinate and the snapped location. [#5255](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/5255)
     - Windows:
       - FIXED: Windows builds again. [#5249](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/5249)
+    - Docker:
+      - CHANGED: switch from Alpine Linux to Debian Buster base images [#5281](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/5281)
 
 # 5.19.0
   - Changes from 5.18.0:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ If you want to use the CH pipeline instead replace `osrm-partition` and `osrm-cu
 
 ### Using Docker
 
-We base our Docker images ([backend](https://hub.docker.com/r/osrm/osrm-backend/), [frontend](https://hub.docker.com/r/osrm/osrm-frontend/)) on Alpine Linux and make sure they are as lightweight as possible.
+We base our Docker images ([backend](https://hub.docker.com/r/osrm/osrm-backend/), [frontend](https://hub.docker.com/r/osrm/osrm-frontend/)) on Debian and make sure they are as lightweight as possible.
 
 Download OpenStreetMap extracts for example from [Geofabrik](http://download.geofabrik.de/)