diff --git a/.proxy-version b/.proxy-version
index e11526df3ccbc..18e2d37143bd4 100644
--- a/.proxy-version
+++ b/.proxy-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.212.0
+v2.213.0
diff --git a/Dockerfile-proxy b/Dockerfile-proxy
index 1261a2f6e1830..ac0008450e8ce 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-proxy
+++ b/Dockerfile-proxy
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG RUNTIME_IMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/cc
+ARG RUNTIME_IMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/cc-debian12
 ARG BUILDPLATFORM=linux/amd64
 
 # Precompile key slow-to-build dependencies