diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 21c7dda7e..0124f59d6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM docker.io/library/rockylinux:9@sha256:d7be1c094cc5845ee815d4632fe377514ee6ebcf8efaed6892889657e5ddaaa6 as rockylinux9
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi@sha256:763f30167f92ec2af02bf7f09e75529de66e98f05373b88bef3c631cdcc39ad8 as ubi
 FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.20.0-bullseye as golang_120
 FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.21.0-bullseye as golang_121
 FROM docker.io/library/node:22.3.0-bullseye as node_223
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ FROM docker.io/library/node:22.3.0-bullseye as node_223
 ########################
 # PREPARE OUR BASE IMAGE
 ########################
-FROM rockylinux9 as base
+FROM ubi as base
 RUN dnf -y install \
     --setopt install_weak_deps=0 \
     --nodocs \
-    createrepo_c \
     git-core \
     python3 \
-    && dnf clean all
+    libffi-devel \
+    subscription-manager && \
+    dnf clean all
 
 ######################
 # BUILD/INSTALL CACHI2
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ COPY --from=builder /src/utils/merge_syft_sbom.py /usr/local/bin/merge_syft_sbom
 RUN ln -s /usr/local/lib/corepack/dist/corepack.js /usr/local/bin/corepack && \
     ln -s /usr/local/lib/corepack/dist/yarn.js /usr/local/bin/yarn && \
     ln -s /usr/local/go/go1.21/bin/go /usr/local/bin/go && \
+    ln -s /venv/bin/createrepo_c /usr/local/bin/createrepo_c && \
     ln -s /venv/bin/cachi2 /usr/local/bin/cachi2
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/cachi2"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c77a23d2b..804ff2396 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "setuptools",
   "tomli",
   "typer",
+  "createrepo-c",
 ]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6ef16cbf6..202be4da6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.9
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --allow-unsafe --generate-hashes --output-file=requirements.txt pyproject.toml
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@ annotated-types==0.7.0 \
     --hash=sha256:1f02e8b43a8fbbc3f3e0d4f0f4bfc8131bcb4eebe8849b8e5c773f3a1c582a53 \
     --hash=sha256:aff07c09a53a08bc8cfccb9c85b05f1aa9a2a6f23728d790723543408344ce89
     # via pydantic
-async-timeout==4.0.3 \
-    --hash=sha256:4640d96be84d82d02ed59ea2b7105a0f7b33abe8703703cd0ab0bf87c427522f \
-    --hash=sha256:7405140ff1230c310e51dc27b3145b9092d659ce68ff733fb0cefe3ee42be028
-    # via aiohttp
 attrs==23.2.0 \
     --hash=sha256:935dc3b529c262f6cf76e50877d35a4bd3c1de194fd41f47a2b7ae8f19971f30 \
     --hash=sha256:99b87a485a5820b23b879f04c2305b44b951b502fd64be915879d77a7e8fc6f1
@@ -270,6 +266,17 @@ click==8.1.7 \
     --hash=sha256:ae74fb96c20a0277a1d615f1e4d73c8414f5a98db8b799a7931d1582f3390c28 \
     --hash=sha256:ca9853ad459e787e2192211578cc907e7594e294c7ccc834310722b41b9ca6de
     # via typer
+createrepo-c==1.1.3 \
+    --hash=sha256:1d32a56940bb0930bf97993254943e4ab777b6da10ac6b3b4fc36026d5da5997 \
+    --hash=sha256:3e8140219e5ad95adcc3171fec2d77d84252c91ca602b7f93252cde9fa82a724 \
+    --hash=sha256:44018f61e5cf92e21e7554f838c81ba19cb47b13e22a6ac2b3c7bdfece26ca60 \
+    --hash=sha256:656e8306a9a3e78feaf1d28875491ca2496a57b9463c3055083c80175731d940 \
+    --hash=sha256:75db8f6ca43fd48f8bd29d2d7d6bab5f6450bafd5c017410f31ca24ee19a0edb \
+    --hash=sha256:a3f7cc31bf6832a42242ad50009319a12b91948bde8c267a5798fb11f8d47ed6 \
+    --hash=sha256:be3b655cec6d5512a2352691ef0d632cdd355319c3e1048c4dc17510f599c8a5 \
+    --hash=sha256:cc1881c99aca5b72ff5462d9e484c75d417ba5f5a96563cb8a8ad752f6200451 \
+    --hash=sha256:d90edc78281e8fd11b7d8d9dbf0951154a02cba1b5be5eeb5dd7a6a4f1c77c1c
+    # via cachi2 (pyproject.toml)
 frozenlist==1.4.1 \
     --hash=sha256:04ced3e6a46b4cfffe20f9ae482818e34eba9b5fb0ce4056e4cc9b6e212d09b7 \
     --hash=sha256:0633c8d5337cb5c77acbccc6357ac49a1770b8c487e5b3505c57b949b4b82e98 \