diff --git a/automation/build/debian/12-arm64v8-cppcheck.dockerfile b/automation/build/debian/12-arm64v8-cppcheck.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50d2614453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automation/build/debian/12-arm64v8-cppcheck.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+FROM --platform=linux/arm64/v8 debian:bookworm-slim AS builder
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ENV CPPCHECK_VERSION=2.7
+
+# dependencies for cppcheck build
+RUN <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+    set -eu
+
+    useradd --home /build --create-home user
+
+    apt-get update
+
+    DEPS=(
+        build-essential
+        ca-certificates
+        curl
+        libpcre3-dev
+        python-is-python3
+    )
+
+    apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install "${DEPS[@]}"
+
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists*
+EOF
+
+WORKDIR /build
+USER user
+
+# cppcheck release build (see cppcheck readme.md)
+RUN <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+    set -eu
+
+    curl -fsSLO https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck/archive/"$CPPCHECK_VERSION".tar.gz
+    echo "5fd20549bb2fabf9a8026f772779d8cc6a5782c8f17500408529f7747afbc526  ${CPPCHECK_VERSION}.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
+
+    tar oxf "$CPPCHECK_VERSION".tar.gz
+    cd cppcheck-"$CPPCHECK_VERSION"
+
+    MAKE_OPTS=(
+        MATCHCOMPILER=yes
+        DESTDIR=/build/out
+        FILESDIR="/usr/share/cppcheck"
+        HAVE_RULES=yes CXXFLAGS="-O2 -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-function"
+    )
+    make install -j$(nproc) "${MAKE_OPTS[@]}"
+EOF
+
+FROM --platform=linux/arm64/v8 debian:bookworm-slim
+COPY --from=builder /build/out/usr/bin/cppcheck /usr/bin/cppcheck
+COPY --from=builder /build/out/usr/share/cppcheck /usr/share/cppcheck
+
+LABEL maintainer.name="The Xen Project"
+LABEL maintainer.email="xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org"
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# dependencies for cppcheck analysis including Xen-only build/cross-build
+RUN <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+    set -eu
+
+    useradd --create-home user
+
+    apt-get update
+
+    DEPS=(
+        bison
+        build-essential
+        python-is-python3
+        libpcre3
+        flex
+        gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf
+        gcc-x86-64-linux-gnu
+    )
+
+    apt-get --yes --no-install-recommends install "${DEPS[@]}"
+
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists*
+EOF
+
+USER user
+WORKDIR /build
diff --git a/automation/build/debian/bookworm-cppcheck.dockerfile b/automation/build/debian/bookworm-cppcheck.dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index fe4cd4a1aa..0000000000
--- a/automation/build/debian/bookworm-cppcheck.dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-FROM --platform=linux/arm64/v8 debian:bookworm AS builder
-
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ENV CPPCHECK_VERSION=2.7
-ENV USER root
-
-# dependencies for cppcheck build
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get --quiet --yes install \
-        curl \
-        build-essential \
-        python-is-python3 \
-        libpcre3-dev
-
-RUN mkdir /build
-WORKDIR /build
-
-# cppcheck release build (see cppcheck readme.md)
-RUN curl -fsSLO https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck/archive/"$CPPCHECK_VERSION".tar.gz && \
-    tar xvzf "$CPPCHECK_VERSION".tar.gz && \
-    cd cppcheck-"$CPPCHECK_VERSION" && \
-    make install -j$(nproc) \
-        MATCHCOMPILER=yes \
-        FILESDIR=/usr/share/cppcheck \
-        HAVE_RULES=yes CXXFLAGS="-O2 -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-function"
-
-FROM --platform=linux/arm64/v8 debian:bookworm
-COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/cppcheck /usr/bin/cppcheck
-COPY --from=builder /usr/share/cppcheck /usr/share/cppcheck
-
-LABEL maintainer.name="The Xen Project" \
-      maintainer.email="xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org"
-
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ENV USER root
-
-RUN mkdir /build
-WORKDIR /build
-
-# dependencies for cppcheck analysis including Xen-only build/cross-build
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get --quiet --yes install \
-        build-essential \
-        python-is-python3 \
-        libpcre3-dev \
-        flex \
-        bison \
-        gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
-        gcc-x86-64-linux-gnu \
-        && \
-        apt-get autoremove -y && \
-        apt-get clean && \
-        rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
index 463ed2f96d..f058957291 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
@@ -510,26 +510,26 @@ yocto-qemux86-64:
 
 # Cppcheck analysis jobs
 
-debian-bookworm-gcc-cppcheck:
+debian-12-x86_64-gcc-cppcheck:
   extends: .gcc-x86-64-cross-build
   variables:
-    CONTAINER: debian:bookworm-cppcheck
+    CONTAINER: debian:12-arm64v8-cppcheck
     CROSS_COMPILE: /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-
     CPPCHECK: y
     HYPERVISOR_ONLY: y
 
-debian-bookworm-gcc-arm32-cppcheck:
+debian-12-arm32-gcc-cppcheck:
   extends: .gcc-arm32-cross-build
   variables:
-    CONTAINER: debian:bookworm-cppcheck
+    CONTAINER: debian:12-arm64v8-cppcheck
     CROSS_COMPILE: /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-
     CPPCHECK: y
     HYPERVISOR_ONLY: y
 
-debian-bookworm-gcc-arm64-cppcheck:
+debian-12-arm64-gcc-cppcheck:
   extends: .gcc-arm64-build
   variables:
-    CONTAINER: debian:bookworm-cppcheck
+    CONTAINER: debian:12-arm64v8-cppcheck
     CPPCHECK: y
     HYPERVISOR_ONLY: y
 
diff --git a/automation/scripts/containerize b/automation/scripts/containerize
index 743567cb77..ad3e237270 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/containerize
+++ b/automation/scripts/containerize
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ case "_${CONTAINER}" in
     _bookworm-i386|_bookworm-x86_32) CONTAINER="${BASE}/debian:12-x86_32" ;;
     _bookworm-arm64v8-arm32-gcc) CONTAINER="${BASE}/debian:bookworm-arm64v8-arm32-gcc" ;;
     _bookworm-arm64v8) CONTAINER="${BASE}/debian:bookworm-arm64v8" ;;
-    _bookworm-cppcheck) CONTAINER="${BASE}/debian:bookworm-cppcheck" ;;
+    _bookworm-cppcheck) CONTAINER="${BASE}/debian:12-arm64v8-cppcheck" ;;
     _opensuse-leap|_leap) CONTAINER="${BASE}/opensuse:leap-15.6-x86_64" ;;
     _opensuse-tumbleweed|_tumbleweed) CONTAINER="${BASE}/opensuse:tumbleweed-x86_64" ;;
     _xenial) CONTAINER="${BASE}/ubuntu:16.04-x86_64" ;;